Black Erlik, the Kinslayer, ventures below Hadrian's Wall with Byzantine nobleman Palladius Mauricius Veratius, his blood brother from his distant past.
The warriors confront a horrific winged evil from Palladius's own eastern lands. Together, the men must face the terror that plagues the small village of Edenston, as well as the long-ago events which brought them together in a haze of blood and battle. As boys, they had paid a heavy price in blood. As men, they exact their own blood price.
If I had grown up in another era, I would have been one of the kids with the sling shot in his back pocket, slouch cap, and trailing dog running along a dirt track trying to find glass cola bottles to exchange for nickels so I could go catch the matinee. I have been in love with all things pulp and Saturday Matinee goodness since seeing Errol Flynn welcoming Olivia De Havilland to Sherwood Forest. I live in North Carolina with my faithful hound, and yeah I got the slouch cap too. I also can be found at http://rrhunsinger.blogspot.