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    Cross of Fire

    By David Gilman

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    WINTER, 1362

    After decades of successful campaigning in France, Thomas Blackstone, once a common archer, has risen to become Edward III's Master of War.

    But the title is as much a curse as a blessing. Success has brought few rewards: his family – bar his son Henry – is dead, slaughtered; his enemies only multiply. Death, in so many guises, beckons.

    As he battles to enforce his King's claim to French territory, Blackstone will assault an impregnable fortress, he'll become embroiled in a feud between French aristocrats, he'll be forced into pitched battle in the dead of winter... and he'll be asked to pay an impossible price to protect something much more precious to the King than mere land.

    All the while, out of the east, a group of trained killers, burning with vengeance, draw ever closer.

    Praise for David Gilman:

    'The level of suspense is ratcheted up to a truly brutal level' SHARON PENMAN

    'A gripping ride' WILBUR SMITH

    'Gilman does heart pounding action superlatively' THE TIMES

    'Like a punch from a mailed fist, Master of War is a gripping chronicle of pitched battle, treachery and cruelty' ROBERT FABBRI

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHead of Zeus
    Release dateFeb 6, 2020
    ISBN9781788544931
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    David Gilman

    David Gilman has enjoyed many careers, including paratrooper, firefighter, and photographer. An award-winning author and screenwriter, he is the author of the critically acclaimed Master of War series of historical novels, and was shortlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize for The Last Horseman. He was longlisted for the same prize for The Englishman, the first book featuring ex-French Foreign Legionnaire Dan Raglan. David lives in Devon. Follow David on @davidgilmanuk, www.davidgilman.com, and facebook.com/davidgilman.author

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    • 5/5
      Another Great Book

      Thomas Blackstone has been one of my favorite characters and I was excited to read Cross of Fire. I wasn't disappointed. Gripping combat, realism and a well executed plot definitely delivers the goods.