Halfdan and his master, Winston the Illuminator, are guests in a monastery when they're awakened in the middle of the night and asked to solve a crime. A monk praying in the church has been brutally murdered, and his severed hand offers the first clue of a motive. As they investigate who could have committed such a heinous atrocity-and why-Halfdan and Winston must negotiate bitter rivalries within the monastery's hierarchy, a sensitive class structure, and the tension between the new laws King Cnut has sworn to uphold and the codes of honor that precede them. With peace in England on shaky ground and the king's favor of paramount importance, Halfdan and Winston follow a precarious path toward answers that no one is sure they want.This second novel in Martin Jensen's acclaimed King's Hounds series delves deeply into a chaotic world where alliances change, but oaths are forever.

About the Author
Bestselling Danish novelist Martin Jensen was born in 1946 and worked as a teacher and a headmaster in Sweden and Denmark before becoming a full-time writer in 1996. The author of twenty-one novels, he has been honored by the Danish Crime Academy twice and was awarded the Royal Library's Prize for his medieval novel Soldiers' Whore. He and his wife are botany enthusiasts who also enjoy bird-watching and gathering mushrooms.


Book Information
ISBN 9781477817360
Author Martin Jensen
Format Paperback
Page Count 258
Imprint Amazon Publishing
Publisher Amazon Publishing