The future of thousands hangs in the balance as one man makes his decision. Will he claim his heritage – or die a hero?

No one expected a French street urchin to rise and become one of the greatest English knights of all time. No one anticipated the silver tongue that was honed as sharp as his blade. And no one ever considered that without Edmund La Fontaine, England might have escaped its dark fate.

It takes a death, a war set to last a hundred years, and a crumbling line of Kings, before Edmund realises that fate has put the future of England into his hands.

But what fate has not foreseen is just what kind of a man Edmund is – or what he intends to unleash.

In a final act of twisted redemption, the glorified knight accepts a deal that will either ensure his legacy or end in destruction.


Shield of Blood is a stand-alone novel in The Mowbray Chronicles. It is based on historical events and is set in and around one of the most explosive periods of the Hundred Year War between England and France. If you enjoy political intrigue, courtly deception and dynastic entanglements this is the book for you.