Son of the Morning

by Mark Alder

Overview

England, 1337: Edward III is beset on all sides. He needs a victory against the French to rescue his throne, but he's outmanned. King Philip VI can put 50,000 men in the field, but he is having his own problems: he has sent his priests to summon the angels themselves to fight for France, but the angels refuse to fight, and Philip won't engage the battle without the backing of the angels.As England and France head toward certain war, Edward yearns for God's favor but as a usurper, can't help but worry—what if God truly is on the side of the French? Edward could call on Lucifer and open the gates of Hell and take an unholy war to France...for a price. Mark Adler breathes fresh and imaginative life into the Hundred Years War in this sweeping historical epic.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781681770994
Publisher:	Pegasus Books
Publication date:	02/15/2016
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	656
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Mark Alder writes for The Guardian and lives in Brighton with his wife and daughter.

Editorial Reviews

SFX FIVE STAR RECOMMENDATION - SON OF THE MORNING is a smart, gripping historical fantasy—SFX

A triumphant combination of great characters and an epic - yet not too sprawling - plot....a vivid and realistic story that, once you're in, you'll find it hard to leave—Fantasy Faction

What the author has accomplished here is nothing short of remarkable, providing a rich window into an alternative history that hits all the right notes and doesn't alienate those without a deep knowledge of historical happenings—SF BOOK

This is fast-paced and absorbing but most of all it is as visual as a richly coloured medieval tapestry packed with detail—We Love This Book

It is a novel that demands to be read—Fantasy Book Review

Expertly written, highly detailed and vividly imagined, this is an outstanding work of historical fiction/alternate history which pulled me in with its prose and story from page 1—Grim Dark Fantasy Reader

From the Publisher

What the author has accomplished here is nothing short of remarkable, providing a rich window into an alternative history that hits all the right notes. It is a novel that demands to be read.

Fantasy Book Review

Mark Alder offers us Son of the Morning, a novel in the currently fashionable fantasy-history genre, set in the early years of the Hundred Years War. It's a war fought on earth but also in the heavens—angels and demons share in the Anglo-French conflict. Religion (Christian and pagan), magic, politics and potent emotions all go into the mix. Perhaps that mix was a reality in the 1330s and 40s. Perhaps it still is. Alder's pages stir up the primeval. Be warned!

D. K. Wilson

The author puts us in the heads of many fascinating characters. An appreciation of metaphor and the tropes of the paranormal should make the seven hundred pages worth the read.

Historical Novels Society

A bold, daring, and utterly original plunge into an alternate universe, one that exists by its own rules, and yet is eerily familiar. Son of the Morning is a breathtakingly imaginative retelling of history as it has never been told before.

Donald Smith

Son the Morning is a smart, gripping historical fantasy.

SFX (Five Stars)

Alder manages to reinvent the historical wheel. In order for a historical fantasy to seem plausible and draw the reader in completely, the fantastical elements need to be interwoven flawlessly into the narrative. Alder does an excellent job of showing how important angels and demons are to success in this alt-medieval world.

Bookreporter

A stunning novel. Like a master magician, Mark Alder prises open the pages of history to reveal the truly fantastical world hiding behind real events, one where angels and demons rub shoulders with kings and commoners. Highly addictive.

Mark Chadbourn

A triumphant combination of great characters and an epic—yet not too sprawling—plot. A vivid and realistic story that, once you''re in, you''ll find it hard to leave.

Fantasy Faction