What a fun, sexy fantasy adventure! As the book opens, we meet Hereward, a lord and knight who has sworn vengeance on the evil Ealdræd. Ealdræd is a dastardly villain who strikes out again at Hereward very early in the book - and I was hooked. As the tale progresses, we also meet Wymond, Beornræd, and Kieron - other main characters who have their own battles to fight. Blacke does a great job of weaving the stories of all four characters together. The battle scenes are epic and the sex scenes are super steamy; the prose did get hyperbolic in places, however. Overall, this is a fantastic tale and I'm looking forward to reading more from the author!