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It is 1170 – a tumultuous time for the people of Wales, England and Ireland. Raymond de Carew is in love, but the woman he desires is an earl's daughter and so far above his station that he has no hope of ever winning her. However, Raymond’s lord has a mission for him: one that if it succeeds will put an Irish king back on his throne and prove Raymond worthy – for in Norman society, a man can rise as high as his skill with a sword can take him. With only a hundred men at his side, Raymond must cross the ocean to Ireland ahead of his mercenary lord's invasion. There he will face the full might of the Viking city of Waterford... and either his deeds will become legend or he will be trampled into dust.

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Ruadh Butler is a historical fiction author from Tyrone in Northern Ireland. A long-time fan of Bernard Cornwell, Conn Iggulden, Simon Scarrow, Giles Kristian, and Patrick O'Brien, he began writing his first book during his lunchtime while working at a newspaper. His first novel, Swordland, based on the little-known events of the Welsh-Norman invasion of Ireland in 1169, was published in February 2016 and has been followed by the sequels, Lord of the Sea Castle in 2017 and The Earl Strongbow in 2018. He is currently working on part four of the series, Usurper King, as well as a murder mystery set in Ireland in 1901 called A Spy Manqué.

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