The Shieldwall
The tale of Wild Edric - the making of a man and of a myth The skies of Anglo-Saxon England are black with the smoke of burning villages. The once-green meadows and hillsides run red with blood. Newly settled in the borderlands with Wales, the people who call themselves `Englishmen` face daily attack from the war-bands of their neighbouring tribes. Any bush may conceal a bowman; a raiding party could lie over the brow of any hill. After helplessly witnessing the destruction of his village and the slaughter of his family, young Edric flees from the marauding `Welshmen` - the name given by the English to any people not of their own - led by the fearsome and ruthless Madoc the Lucky. Seeking food and shelter, he finds himself in a cave,...
