Wolf of Kings

LONGLISTED FOR THE WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE 2022. The champion of a dead king has nothing left to lose... and only vengeance to claim. Hastings, 1066. Styrkar the Dane emerges from the blood-soaked fields of Senlac Hill, wounded, furious, and filled with purpose. His king is dead. His comrades lie butchered. The Norman usurpers think England is theirs, but Styrkar isn't finished. Driven by loyalty and wrath, he becomes a hunted outlaw, a ghost in the woods, feared as the Red Wolf. His legend grows with each raid and skirmish, until a young Breton knight is sent to silence him. But catching a man with nothing to fear is no simple task. Styrkar will carve his vengeance into the flesh of his enemies, or fall like the rest of his shield-brothers. For fans of Bernard Cornwell, Giles Kristian, Guy Gavriel Kay, and the brutal world of Assassin's Creed: Valhalla. Praise for Richard Cullen: "Brutal yet compelling... gripped me from the first page." - Paul Fraser Collard "Tight, gritty, character-driven storytelling." - Luke Scull

A warrior torn between blood and brotherhood. In the aftermath of the Battle of Hastings, Styrkar, loyal housecarl to the fallen King Harold, journeys to Ireland in search of the dead king's exiled sons. But when a plot to murder Harold's widow and infant son is uncovered, duty pulls him in a different direction. Fleeing back to England with the dowager and child, Styrkar's loyalties are tested as he's forced into an uneasy alliance with his old comrade Eadnoth, now sworn to William the Conqueror. When the sons of Harold return to reclaim their birthright, Styrkar must choose: stand with his blood brother or his brothers-in-arms? From the dungeons of his enemies to the courts of northern kings, his journey is one of loyalty, betrayal, and vengeance. For fans of Bernard Cornwell, Giles Kristian, Guy Gavriel Kay, and the brutal world of Assassin's Creed: Valhalla. Reviews for Richard Cullen: "Fast-paced and enthralling, the tale of Styrkar the Dane, the Red Wolf, [is] a brutal yet compelling tale, and one that gripped me from the first page to the last" - Paul Fraser Collard "A perfect example of tight, gritty, character-driven storytelling" - Luke Scull on ´Herald of the Storm´

Can Styrkar, the fearsome Red Wolf, finally take his revenge on the Conqueror? The gripping new adventure from the Wolf of Kings series. England, 1069. King William's iron rule grips the land, his Frankish lords dominating with towering castles. But on the edges of his realm, rebellion still smolders. In the east, an outlaw builds an island fortress, rallying common folk against Norman oppression. Edgar the Aetheling remains defiant, seeking the throne that is rightfully his. Alongside him sails Styrkar, the legendary Danish warrior, to forge a fragile alliance in Denmark. As winter's frost hardens the earth, Styrkar and his rebels will learn just how ruthless the Conqueror can be. William's brutal campaign to crush dissent will scar England for generations-and may claim the Red Wolf himself. 'Styrkar is a great heroic creation' - Matthew Harffy