Review: Medieval Adventure and Intrigue
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 8, 2014
Two brothers, Garyn and Geraint, are returned from crusading in the Holy Land and want to resume their lives in Wales in the 13th century. Garyn is content to take on the life of a blacksmith at the forge which he has inherited. He wants his brother  to join him but Geraint is not ready to settle down to a domestic life. Geraint hears of a group of men who are getting ready to sail on a quest and he joins them.  Then, old animosities overtake Garyn and he too must abandon his domestic life and flee until he can perhaps attain justice.The chapters alternate between what is happening to Geraint and and what is happening to Garyn.  It is almost like two stories in one book but the interest level stays high for both story lines.  The quest, and the reason behind it, that Geraint finds himself on seems a bit far fetched but there is plenty of action and adventure there.  After a while that story line did seem to become slightly tedious or perhaps that was because I was too anxious to see how the situation would be resolved.I hadn't read the first book in the series but this book can stand alone with references to prior occurrences that seamlessly help the story flow.  There is a lot of intrigue, adventure and battles to make this an exciting read.