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Oath Bound
- The Wolf of Kings 1
- Narrated by: Harry Myers
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
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Summary
Longlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize 2022.
An action-packed historical novel featuring Danish warrior Styrkar, and his journey through the violent Norman Conquest as he fights for vengeance. The champion of a dead king has nothing left to lose... And nothing more to fear.
Hastings, 1066.
Styrkar the Dane stumbles wounded and delirious from the corpse-strewn battlefield of Senlac Hill. He has watched his king butchered at the hands of foreign knights, seen his countrymen defeated in battle, and he will not stop until there is a reckoning.
Styrkar embarks on a bloody quest to avenge his dead master, becoming an outlaw in the wilds and earning a fearsome reputation. When a Breton knight seeks to track down this fugitive and make his own name, he can little envisage the task he has set himself. For Styrkar, the Red Wolf, last surviving housecarl to King Harold Godwinson, will carve the story of his vengeance in Frankish flesh... or die in the attempt.
Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Giles Kristian, and Guy Gavriel Kay. As well as those who enjoyed the world of Assassin's Creed: Valhalla.
Richard Cullen hails from Leeds in the heartland of Yorkshire, where he writes fantasy and historical fiction. He is also the author of The Age of Uprising series, published under the name R. S. Ford.
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"Oath Bound" is a terrific novel... It's a brutal yet compelling tale, and one that gripped me from the first page to the last.
-- Paul Fraser Collard, author of "Fugitive"
A perfect example of tight, gritty, character-driven storytelling.
-- Luke Scull, author of "The Grim Company"
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- Amazon Customer
- 20-06-23
Great Stuff
This book was so hard to put down, the story and performance are brilliant. If you like Griff Hosker, Bernard Cornwell and Ben Kane, you will love this. I have already started the second in the series - superb so far.
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- The Curator
- 17-11-22
Not my thing
I’m afraid I just didn’t find the book involving. If you like more soldiery stories you’ll probably enjoy this more.
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- lee
- 06-12-23
gritty action
I was cynical about this title based on it only having a 3.8 rating. Don
t be fooled. This is an action filled adventure which is beautifully read. It does lack some attention to detail travelling from a to be and the actual detail of what transpires between the passages of time but it runs at a fast pace with grit of historical battles and slaying throughout. Additionally, there is a decent plot for the hero. I would highly recommend for those who are interested of what happened toward 1066 to read K M Ashman series Road To Hastings starting with The Challenges of a King. This will most certainly pave the way for this book and fill in the historical gaps. But, this book will examine more closely the behaviour of the Conquerors and those who have become the vanquished. I will now get book 2 and discover what happens to our hero. Whilst, I always commend the Author as in this instance remember that the performance can make or break an audiio book. I now have just over a thousand audio books in my library so it is that this performance is really good and aids to bridge those afore mentioned gaps in the story line. Worth a read. Note. I have tried to give this 5 out of 5 for all areas but being blind the sliders are not announcing the numbers etc. So, 5 out of 5. Thank you both Author and performer.
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- graham
- 22-12-23
second rate and tedious
I do wonder how much other reviewers are being paid. If Bernard Cornwall is a "premier league" writer then this author is clearly in "league 1" -Oh for this who don't know football that means 3rd rate. I'm just about half way through now and I am going to return it. Poor characterisation and even more so the cliche'd writing is awful.Save your credit is my advice.
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