Books published by publisher Garfield

A clash of cultures, a clash of cousins, a clash of brothers. . . It is the summer of 1101. Henry I, youngest son of William the Conqueror, rules England, while his brother Robert Curthose rules Normandy. Each covets the other's lands, and each is continually challenged by ambitious barons. One in particular is Lord Robert of Belleme, currently in alliance with Curthose, and eager to acquire more wealth and land in Normandy, England, and Wales, where our tale begins. The village of Mynyw, located on the southwest coast of Wales, is normally a peaceful place. Its inhabitants, among them a family with the dubious privilege of being King Henry's cousins, are rarely concerned with more than supporting the village's cathedral and religious community. Yet when Belleme kidnaps their chieftain in his bid to steal power from Henry, a group of young ones whose royal ties have previously gone untested, find themselves catapulted from their prosaic lives into a dark, dangerous world plagued by ruthless royalty, treachery, and deceit.