1062, a time many fear is the End of Days. With the English King Edward heirless and ailing, across the grey seas in Normandy the brutal William the Bastard waits for the moment when he can drown England in a tide of blood. The ravens of war are garthering. But as King Edward's closest advisors scheme and squabble amongst themselves, hopes of resisting the naked ambition of the Norman duke come to rest with just one man: Hereward. To some a ruthless...

With Devoted, her stirring novel of tenth-century France, Alice Borchardt won wide acclaim and a strong following. Like her bestselling sister, Anne Rice, Borchardt creates vivid, spellbinding characters who inhabit an unfamiliar world rendered with astonishing power. "A gem! This saga of witches, warriors, romance, and sex will hold you in thrall".--Entertainment Weekly.

Martin Banks is just a normal guy who has made an abnormal discovery: he can manipulate reality, thanks to reality being nothing more than a computer program. With every use of this ability, though, Martin finds his little "tweaks" have not escaped notice. Rather than face prosecution, he decides instead to travel back in time to the Middle Ages and pose as a wizard. What could possibly go wrong? An American hacker in King Arthur's court, Martin must...