Win. Lose. Survive.

I was the boy with a plan. Now I am the boy with nothing.

From the moment 12-year-old Kylan hatches a plan to escape from his Norse captors, and return to Scotland to find his mother, his life becomes a dangerous game.

The precious Lewis Chessmen-which he helped carve-hold the key to his freedom, but he will need all his courage and wit to triumph against Sven Asleifsson, the cruellest Viking in the realm.

One false move could cost him his life.

Barbara Henderson has woven a thrilling origin story around the enduring mystery of the Lewis Chessmen, their creation in Norway, and how they ended up buried in the Hebrides before being discovered on Lewis in 1831.

About the Author

Inverness-based Barbara Henderson is the author of historical novels Fir for Luck, Punch, Black Water, The Siege of Caerlaverock and The Chessmen Thief as well as the eco-thriller Wilderness Wars.

Her energetic school visits have taken her across the length and breadth of Scotland, and sometimes beyond. Barbara shares her home with one teenage son, one long-suffering husband and a scruffy Schnauzer called Merry.

Web: barbarahenderson.co.uk
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Reviews

'A thrilling tale filled with courage and high adventure.' Dan Smith, author of She Wolf

'A clever, authentic and thrilling origin story about the Lewis Chessman and how they ended up buried in the Hebrides.' Scottish Book Trust

Book Information
ISBN 9781911279853
Author Barbara Henderson
Format Paperback
Page Count 200
Imprint Pokey Hat
Publisher Cranachan Publishing Limited
Weight(grams) 175g
Dimensions(mm) 195mm * 130mm * 15mm