The Dragon and the Raven

In 870, fourteen-year-old Edmund waited with his wolf-hound on a dry hummock hidden deep inside the fens. Father promised three or four days; sunset ends the fourth, and isolation makes every ordinary delay sound deliberate. You step into this one-chapter preview with Eldred at the center, where choices turn on the people, promises, and pressure already in the room. Father and Egbert slept as you puzzled over freedom until the first chapter ended. The chapter closes on a continuation question rather than resolving the novel's larger arc.

Chapters

1. The Last Night in the FensEast Anglian fen refuge · 5 min

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