Queen of the Black Sun
Part 1 of the Robin of Sherwood series
A landslide uncovers an unknown cave in Sherwood, the entrance of which Marion and Much squeeze through to explore. Inside, they feel a sense of unease but find a treasure trove of gold coins and a strange black jewel.
Outside, a dense fog has appeared and a strange eclipse begins to block out the sun. The Merry Men end up being separated from each other but the call of Marion is strong and each of them seem to have an encounter with her. Yet Marion appears intent on making them confront their worst fears. Is she asking them to embrace a greater good, or a bigger evil?
Television series Robin of Sherwood © HTV/Goldcrest Films & Television 1983. Created by Richard Carpenter, with grateful thanks to his Estate.
The Servant
Part 3 of the Robin of Sherwood series
Rumours are circulating that a mysterious order called the Knights of the Apocalypse are gaining power and growing stronger.
Jerrard, in the employ of the Earl of Huntingdon whilst working at Nottingham Castle, hears the Captain of the Guard blackmailing Sir Guy of Gisburne.
Has Gisburne become a servant of these Knights?
If so, Jerrard fears that the earl's greatest secret may well be revealed, and needs to tell the earl's estranged son...
Television series Robin of Sherwood © HTV/Goldcrest Films & Television 1983. Created by Richard Carpenter, with grateful thanks to his Estate.
The Sorcerer's Incantation
Part 4 of the Robin of Sherwood series
Deep within the caves under Nottingham Castle, three different men have three different plans.
Little John seeks romance with Meg, Gulnar plots revenge against the Hooded Man, and Sir Guy of Gisburne reviews his future under the leadership of the Sheriff of Nottingham.
As their worlds collide - and their storylines merge - an evil magic explores a way to destroy Herne's Son forever.
Original Robin of Sherwood TV Series copyright © 1983 HTV/Goldcrest Films & TV. Robin of Sherwood licensed, with thanks, from the Richard Carpenter estate.
Wolves of Winter
Part 5 of the Robin of Sherwood series
Winter is approaching, and the Sheriff of Nottingham is boasting of his hunts in Sherwood Forest, where Gisburne's pure-bred hounds chase deer for the court's lavish feasts. Into Nottingham Castle sweeps the Baron de Belleme, with a request to pursue a different prey.
Meanwhile, Robin is more concerned for Marion, who has fallen into a dangerous fever, than he is about finding food. But soon, an older fear takes hold of the outlaws.
The howls of hungry beasts are heard in the forest, and fiery-eyed spectres haunt the dark shadows.
Herne's powers are fading and the Wolves of Winter are running...
The Waterford Boy
Part 7 of the Robin of Sherwood series
On King John's command, all convicted male felons from England's jails are being sent to fight in France.
Word reaches Nottingham Castle that the King's Chief Recruiter is paying a visit, and the Sheriff orders Sir Guy of Gisburne to gather a few men from each local village to make up the numbers. Gisburne has recently become enraged by a young boy's ritualistic chants to Herne the Hunter and vows to capture him for this very purpose.
Robin is angered by this new people tax... but his rage is nothing compared to that of Will Scarlet when he hears the chief recruiter's name: James D'Marelle.
For Will and the recruiter have met before...
many years ago...
The Red Lord
Part 8 of the Robin of Sherwood series
A new threat arrives on these shores at the Sheriff of Nottingham's behest, in an effort to rid him of his greatest enemy once and for all - a mercenary from the east with strange powers, building an army who will give their lives unquestionably for his cause. When The Red Lord faces Robin and his band it becomes clear he might well be the most dangerous foe they've ever encountered. But he also has another agenda, one that might see the whole of England falling at his feet eventually...
The Red Lord is the eighth book in Spiteful Puppet's Robin of Sherwood collection, based in the Robin Hood universe of the classic ITV series.
The Meeting Place
Part 9 of the Robin of Sherwood series
The village of Papplewick has a new head family keen to exchange goodwill with the outlaws. Robin decides that Much should be the one to meet with the family's eldest child each month to swap tax money for food and information. However, Much is less than thrilled; the last thing he wants to do is trudge across Sherwood in all weathers just to talk to a girl.
The Meeting Place is the ninth book in Spiteful Puppet's Robin of Sherwood collection, based in the Robin Hood universe of the classic ITV series.
Fitzwarren's Well & the Lady's Choice
From Richard Carpenter's Robin Of Sherwood
Part 10 of the Robin of Sherwood series
FITZWARREN'S WELL
Marion intercepts Will Scarlet on his way back to Sherwood, as a sickness has befallen the outlaws.
A journey to the magical Lady of the Well is their one hope. But the Lady only helps those who are worthy... and someone has convinced her they aren't.
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THE LADY'S CHOICE
Marion of Sherwood has had enough of everything.
Encouraged by Herne (and joined by a worried Much), Marion sets out to seek solace from the Lady of the Well. But the Lady needs Marion's help more than Marion needs her counsel.
What Was Lost
Part 11 of the Robin of Sherwood series
After losing Marion to Holy Orders, Robin spends his waking hours in an increasingly drunken state and the outlaw band are left without a leader. Robin Hood has become a ghost. Meanwhile, Abbot Hugo has cleaned out the family coffers and secured a release for his brother, the Sheriff, from King John's prisons. But, the Sheriff isn't convinced that his deadliest enemy has entirely vanished from Sherwood. Marion is harbouring a secret which could lead to the capture of Robin, which she's unaware the Sheriff knows about as he plots his revenge.
What Was Lost is the eleventh book in Spiteful Puppet's Robin of Sherwood collection, based in the Robin Hood universe of the classic ITV series.
The Power of Three
Part 12 of the Robin of Sherwood series
Why had Herne called Marion to his cavern and not Robin? And why was she afraid to tell him what the Lord of the Trees had shown her? Forced to face his personal nightmares and his darkest secret, the Hooded Man needs his friends more than ever. But the outlaws are afraid... and no one knows who to trust. To make matters worse, an old enemy is stalking Sherwood - but which one?
The Power of Three is the twelfth book in Spiteful Puppet's Robin of Sherwood collection, based in the Robin Hood universe of the classic ITV series.
To Have and to Hold
Part 13 of the Robin of Sherwood series
After returning from fighting in Normandy, Sir Guy of Gisburne has reluctantly returned to the Sheriff's employ, but his loyalty is about to be tested. The Sheriff's new plan to capture the outlaws requires Gisburne's agreement and Abbot Hugo's committed involvement.
To Have and To Hold is the thirteenth book in Spiteful Puppet's Robin of Sherwood collection, based in the Robin Hood universe of the classic ITV series.
Here Be Dragons
Part 14 of the Robin of Sherwood series
Many centuries ago, before Robin, before King Richard and Prince John, before even Herne the Hunter, there was Sherwood Forest. And at the heart of it, mystical paths were drawn together to protect the future.
But something or someone in Robin's time has chosen now to make a stand and destroy the past, the present and the future; with the help of the dragons, the ancient beasts of legend. And it will take a true hero to stop them.
Alone and bewildered, Robin must put right a blood-debt he had no idea had even been raised. And who will fight at his side? Should he fail, Sherwood will merely be the first loss that England will face - and not the last...
Here Be Dragons is the fourteenth book in Spiteful Puppet's Robin of Sherwood collection, based in the Robin Hood universe of the classic ITV series.
Mathilda's Legacy
Part 15 of the Robin of Sherwood series
David, Earl of Huntingdon, sighed quietly as he watched his teenage son slip out of the woods that surrounded Huntingdon castle. That particular sport, where Robert had emerged, was special. That had been where Mathilda had taken her son for long forest walks, where she'd told him stories, and played games.
Sadly, when Robert was eight years old, the stories had ended.
David realised, as each day passed, why his offspring behaved in the way he did. After all, Robert of Huntingdon was Mathilda's son. He was her legacy.
The moment couldn't be put off any longer. It was time to tell his son the story of how the Earl had met Robert's mother...
This story is set pre-Series One, before 'Robin Hood and the Sorcerer'.
The Huntress
From Richard Carpenter's Robin Of Sherwood
Part 15 of the Robin of Sherwood series
Robin is summoned to Herne's Cave to meet the Huntress. Who is this new shaman, and why is Gisburne telling everyone that Herne is dead?
The Sheriff and Abbot Hugo plan to claim Fairfax Castle lands but, returning from the Crusades, Peter Fairfax wants to avenge his parents' death - which he blames on Robin Hood - and keep his ancestral pile.
With half of the Merries fighting injustice in Hathersage, will the other half be able to keep Sherwood safe and convince Peter Fairfax that Robin isn't a murderer?
The Trial of John Little
Part 16 of the Robin of Sherwood series
Whilst Robin is troubled by hazy visions of his father, Little John faces the wrath of a witch hunter who is about to make him pay for crimes he committed whilst under the influence of Baron de Belleme.
In order to save Little John, the rest of the outlaws play their part in uncovering the secrets that brought the witch hunter to Sherwood in the first place...
This story is set during Series 2.
The Templars' Promise
From Richard Carpenter's Robin Of Sherwood
Part 17 of the Robin of Sherwood series
When Friar Tuck, Little John and Much come to the rescue of a monk in the forest, Tuck recognises he's an old friend.
On the run and desperate for help, Brother Michael offers Robin and the outlaws the chance to secure a fortune in gold.
There's just one catch: the money isn't what it seems.
If Robin is to get his hands on the money to share around Sherwood, he must face betrayal and an enemy who is every inch his match...
The Blood That Binds
From Richard Carpenter's Robin Of Sherwood
Part 18 of the Robin of Sherwood series
As Harvest approaches, Robin and the outlaws battle to stop the people of Sherwood from starving. When an encounter with the Sheriff sees Robert De Rainault turn over a new leaf, Gisburne calls upon an old friend to help.
Just who is William de Baucher? What dark powers does he command?
The Hooded Man will face an adversary who is playing a long game, one that will see Herne's son's set blood against blood in more ways than one...
The Baron's Daughter
From Richard Carpenter's Robin Of Sherwood
Part 19 of the Robin of Sherwood series
Six months after Robin of Loxley and his outlaws save the Baron de Bracy's daughter, Mildred, from a miserable marriage to the Sheriff of Nottingham, the Baron is out for revenge.
And, if he can get rid of her minstrel husband, Alan a Dale, at the same time, all the better...
The Scathlock Woman
From Richard Carpenter's Robin Of Sherwood
Part 20 of the Robin of Sherwood series
Fira Scathlock wants to follow in the footsteps of her Uncle Will, as she's tired of working in her father's tavern and yearns for adventure.
Sergeant Sparrow wants Lichfield's taxes to be delivered to Nottingham safely, but both times previously they've been stolen. Is it a case of third time unlucky?
Will Scarlet wants the rumours of trouble at his brother's tavern to be false, because - even though his brother serves the finest ale in Lichfield - he'll have to leave his friends behind to help him...