Matthew Harffy

Absolute quality.
I have now read several books by this excellent author, and thoroughly enjoyed everyone. Brilliantly written with characters and events that leap of the page and seem so real. Always atmospheric clever descriptive and totally engaging from first to last page. As stated in the Authors notes this is an historical fiction story, but nevertheless it's obvious the writer does plenty of research, and cleverly mixed the fictional and real characters and events. This book was a little shy on the action side than previous reads, but nevertheless is completely and utterly recommended.… (más)

My thanks to the Author publisher's and NetGalley for providing me with a Kindle version of this book.
Well written and researched engaging from first to last page, the continuing adventures of Hunlaf reliving his youth as he writes his chronicles. The third book in this excellent series but works perfectly as a standalone story. The Author is a master of this genre, and I cannot decide whether I prefer this or the Beobrand Bernicia Chronicles series, both are superb, featuring quality characters and so atmospheric and descriptive that you feel a part of the story. Lots of action sequences sometimes gruesome but always gripping riveting page turners.
Completely recommended.… (más)

This is a prequel novella to the author's Bernicia Chronicles series and features the hero Beobrand's older brother Octa (who is murdered at the beginning of the first book) and other warriors being sent out by King Edwin to hunt down and slay a mysterious beast that is terrorising the countryside and killing both animals and people. After adventures in the bleak misty and marshy locale, they eventually encounter the beast near its lair. It turns out to be a wild young man, who is protected by his mother.... and his name is Grendel! So this short story offers a theoretical origin for the Beowulf story. As such it is a good and well written piece though, while tragic, it doesn't really convince as the stuff of legend.… (más)