num_pages: 294
description: Two years after the victory at Saffron Valley  a new menace threatens Dux Wortigern's domain: the Picts are raiding the coast razing the cities and looting the churches and villas of the southern provinces. Ash  now a Councillor at Wortigern's court joins a Iute war band dispatched to deal with the invaders - but the real threat to Londin's safety and Wortigern's rule may be coming from within the Council itself... The Saxon Knives is the second volume of the Song of Ash a fast-paced gripping historical fiction trilogy perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell's The Last Kingdom series Simon Scarrow Matthew Harffy and Conn Iggulden.
language: English
title: The Saxon Knives
publisher: None