A sweeping Saga set in Sixth Century Britain, during the period of early English settlement,from Lincoln to the wilds of Bernicia, encompassing the fall of Rheged and the comng of the English Kings.

This is the story of the early English settlers in the land of  Prydein or Britain. Sea-Warriors become settlers in an inhospitable world, before the Coming of the Kings.

These kings came from their European Homelands or were self-made rulers who began with a war-band and left kingdoms. These kingdoms would unite to form the England we know today.  They would in time become Christian and literate. The kingdoms would develop sophisticated law-codes based on early tribal law, upheld by their own sword-arms.

The first English were pagan warriors whose names and deeds come down to us from their runes and oral folklore, or in the writings of their enemies.

They struggled with the elements, nature, and the Romano British they were to conquer - whose cities and works they largely abandoned, believing them to be the work of Giants and Gods. 

For the English their world was a forbidding place, wherein dwelt alongside Men spirits best not thought of. They were close to Nature and lived by its seasons, on its flora and fauna.

 They made an almost complete break with the Romano British past. The English culture, society, and Common Law which we know today has grown out of theirs. The English language is spoken around the world.