The Flint Lord
Richard Herley
The Pagans Trilogy, Book II
Brennis Gehan Fifth, Lord of Valdoe, is planning the genocide of the nomadic tribes who impede the spread of his empire in the land that was southern England 5,000 years ago. With his army swelled by foreign mercenaries he prepares to march through the snow to annihilate the nomads in their winter camp.
Word of his intentions has already reached the nomads, but when their chieftain is killed in a hunting accident it seems his successor will not heed the warning. In all the tribes, only Tagart understands the danger and is strong enough to face the Flint Lord. But first he must win the strange battle for leadership, waged according to ancient and ruthless laws ...
Some opinions of The Flint Lord
Richard Herley ... won wide critical acclaim and the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize for his first novel, The Stone Arrow, set in neolithic Sussex. Its successor is equally distinguished, a savage and breathtaking evocation, as gripping as any thriller, of an alien world.
Yorkshire Post
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