Lord of Slaughter

by M.D. Lachlan

Overview

On a battlefield strewn with corpses, a ragged figure, dressed in wolfskin and intent on death, slips past the guards into the tent of the Emperor and draws his sword.

The terrified citizens of Constantinople are plagued by mysterious sorcery. The wolves outside the city are howling. A young boy had traded the lives of his family for power. And a Christian scholar, fleeing with his pregnant wife from her enraged father, must track down the magic threatening his world.

All paths lead to the squalid and filthy prison deep below the city, where a man who believes he is a wolf lies chained, and the spirits of the dead are waking.

The Norsemen camped outside the city have their own legends, of the wolf who will kill the gods, but no true Christian could believe such a thing.

And yet it is clear to Loys that Ragnarok is coming. Will he be prepared to sacrifice his life, his position, his wife and his unborn child for a god he doesn't believe in?

And deep in the earth, the wolfman howls ...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780575089709
Publisher:	Orion
Publication date:	06/28/2012
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
File size:	601 KB

About the Author

M.D. Lachlan is a journalist living and working in the UK. His debut fantasy, WOLFSANGEL was a major success. He has previously written fiction and non-fiction under his own name.

M.D. Lachlan is the author of the Wolfsangel series (Wolfsangel, Fenrir and Lord of Slaughter).

Born in Coventry and a graduate of the University of Sussex, M.D. Lachlan has also worked as a journalist.

All three books have been nominated for the David Gemmell Legend Awards.