Lionhearts

by Nathan Makaryk

Overview

History and myth collide in Nathan Makaryk's Lionhearts, a riveting story of vengeance, redemption and war, perfect for fans of Game of Thrones.

All will be well when King Richard returns . . . but King Richard has been captured.

To raise the money for his ransom, every lord in England is raising taxes, the French are eyeing the empty throne, and the man they called, “Robin Hood,” the man the Sherriff claims is dead, is everywhere and nowhere at once.

He’s with a band of outlaws in Sherwood Forest, raiding guard outposts. He’s with Nottingham’s largest gang, committing crimes to protest the taxes. He’s in the lowest slums of the city, conducting a reign of terror against the city's most vulnerable. A hero to some, a monster to others, and an idea that can't simply be killed.

But who's really under the hood?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250195852
Publisher:	Tom Doherty Associates
Publication date:	09/15/2020
Series:	Nottingham , #2
Pages:	560
Sales rank:	243,413
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.80(d)

About the Author

Nathan Makaryk is a theater owner, playwright, director, and actor living in Southern California. He is the author of Nottingham.

Paul Woodson holds a BFA in acting from Boston University and has been acting and singing since the age of thirteen. He has recorded close to 150 audiobooks in many different genres--including romance, fiction, history, biography, and mystery-and has performed in over 100 stage productions across the USA and Europe.

Editorial Reviews

07/01/2020

Robin Hood is dead, killed in Nottingham Castle at the end of Makaryk's previous book (Nottingham). In the aftermath, several Robin Hoods spring up with varying agendas, but one is more vicious than the others. While nobles scheme for advantage and peasants squabble for food, England is unsteadily ruled in the absence of Richard the Lionhearted, held for ransom in Austria. As Makaryk reinvents this well-known tale, one RH is manic-depressive, with visions of his deceased girlfriend; another RH is a psychopath, hacking limbs off peasants who don't comply with his capricious commands. All story lines converge when Prince John, written as fey and disingenuous, takes over Nottingham Castle in expectation of an attack by the French. The last third of the book is consumed with the violence accompanying the siege of the city (by Richard, actually) and from the opportunists within who seek retribution for acts real and perceived of the past. Ultimately, the story lines are too many, and the narrative gets bogged down by characters for whom readers will have no reason to root. VERDICT Readers of the first volume may want to continue this convoluted tale, but starting here is not recommended.—W. Keith McCoy, Edison, NJ

Library Journal

Praise for Nottingham:

“Nathan Markaryk's bold reimagining of the Robin Hood legend is the most pleasurable reading experience I've had since first discovering George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. Nottingham is an expansive, thoroughly engrossing epic with vividly drawn characters and rich historical detail. I can't wait to read the next installment.” —Bryan Cogman, Co-Executive Producer/Writer, Game of Thrones

“This Robin Hood is so much more realistic about the politics of the time that it was like a new story greatly expanding a fragment of a myth. If you like Historical Fiction then Nottingham may be your big summer read.” —Larry Yoder, The Bookies, Denver, Colorado

“A remarkable and comprehensive story ... this is unique fiction that compels revision of the Robin Hood story and its place in history.” —The Historical Novel Society

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