Late 6th century Britain.Regional kingdoms are engaged in a ruthless struggle for supremacy. To the south, Saxon kings predominate but, in the north, British leaders are combining in a final effort to overthrow their two Angle rivals in Deira and Bernicia. To survive, the Angle warlords must put aside their ancient rivalry.Acha, daughter of one king is chosen to act as ‘peace-weaver’ by marrying the rival leader. But when her intended husband kills her fath...

King Alfred is dead and the achievements that made him great are in jeopardy. Rebels challenge the succession of his son Edward to the Wessex throne, and his old ally in Mercia is sick. The Vikings in the Danelaw sense the time has come to complete their conquest of England.It falls on Alfred’s firstborn, his daughter, Æthelflæd, to unite the Anglo-Saxons. Reluctantly, she takes up the challenge. But can a woman rebuild ruined towns and lead men into battle against hardened Viking ...

A 97 year old hero becomes involved in a very 21st century problem... A novel for those who enjoyed 'The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed out of the Window and Disappeared' and 'The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry' “This is a feel-good, heart-warming novel, full of fun and whimsy that also touches on a serious theme.”When his wife of seventy years dies, Harry Pigeon considers joining her in the grave as he feels his purpose for living has gone. A freak accident outside his bungalow d...

*** The Singing Bowl - Book 1 – The Warming Worlds Series ***Climate change is wreaking havoc on Thera, a sister planet to Earth.A novice monk mistakes two teenagers for climate experts at a protest in London, and assumes they are the chosen ones from the prophecy he has been selected to fulfil. He takes them to Thera to solve the greatest problem of our time - global warming.To succeed, these unlikely heroes must survive floods and wildfires, unite...

This is a collection of fantasy novellas from Guardbridge Books, featuring stories from around the world. Each presents a beautiful and unique alternative to traditional fantasy literature, telling us stories drawing on local traditions and stunning imagination.Get these 4 novellas in a single volume, with significant savings over buying them individually.Contains:The King of Next Week by E.C. Ambrose.In the wake of the American Civil War, when a ca...

Your Action Is Needed!A company's accounts receivable is its largest and most liquid asset. To provide maximum return, it needs to be managed in a planned, proactive manner that can be effectively measured and assessed. Protect Your Assets, Strategically Oriented, Metrics-Centered Credit Management provides both credit professionals and business owners with concepts and techniques to develop policies, procedures, and processes that will help minimize loss through bad debts, increas...

There is no substitute for extensive testing when it comes to IT systems. Recognition that problems are easier and cheaper to fix before the system is in use (rather than after), has turned testing into a cost-effective tool. However, when developing computer systems for pharmaceuticals manufacturing, testing to meet regulatory requirements adds an

The start of a new historical 4-part series from MJ Porter focusing on events around the great battle of Brunanburh** In the battle for power, there can be only one ruler.**AD925Athelstan is the king of the English, uniting the petty kingdoms of Wessex, Mercia, the Danish-held Five Boroughs and York following the sudden death of his father, King Edward.His vision is to unite the realms of the Scots and the Welsh in a peace accord t...

Alba is born into one of Rome's great noble houses. An incident leaves her stranded and in the care of a Thracian family. Years later, she is forcibly taken back to Rome to live with her aunt and uncle but is never accepted as one of the elites. Treated as a tainted outsider by everyone except the cunning, yet charming, Julius Caesar, a fateful event reunites her with her beloved childhood friend Alex. Alba is overjoyed until she realizes that Alex has become a hardened warrior, the leader...

None could go against the King of England ... not overtly, anyway.April 1284. As a newly widowed lady-in-waiting to the very pregnant Queen Eleanor of England, Catrin never expected to return to Wales again. She was definitely unprepared to be confronted with murder when she got there-or to find herself face-to-face with Rhys, the childhood friend she lost twenty years before. Rhys had never intended to return home either, but a lifetime of war has deposited him right back...

The next thrilling instalment of Peter Gibbons unputdownable Saxon Warrior seriesThe fight for a torn Kingdom rests in the hands of a few brave men…990AD.King Aethelred II, who men will one day call The Unready, rules over a land divided by the shadowy spin of his mother Queen Ælfthryth and the sprawling power of the Church.The Viking Warlord, Olaf Tryggvason smelling the Kingdoms weakness brings the vicious Jomsvi...

The penultimate bloody and thrilling instalment in MJ Porter's The Brunanburh Series.Can the Norse and the Scots exact their revenge over the mighty King Athelstan of the English?AD937After the slaughter field of Brunanburh, a defeated Olaf Gothfrithson of the Dublin Norse and Constantin of the Scots narrowly escaped with their lives. In their kingdoms, failure has left them demoralised and weak.Olaf licks his wounds in Du...