The Wake
- 365 pages
- 13 hours of reading
After his sons are killed at the Battle of Hastings and his family and farm are destroyed by the Norman invaders, Buccmaster leads a group of fighters on a quest of revenge.
Buccmaster Trilogy Series
This saga, set in a post-apocalyptic world a millennium ago, follows a man resisting drastic change. The author revitalizes history using a 'shadow tongue,' an Old English adapted for contemporary readers. The series explores themes of loss, resistance, and the preservation of old ways against invasion and devastation. It's a compelling historical fiction that delves into the lives of ordinary people during times of immense upheaval.
Recommended Reading Order
BEAST
- 168 pages
- 6 hours of reading
Originally published: London: Faber & Faber, 2016.
'Like Robert Macfarlane re-written by Cormac McCarthy.' Telegraph'Beckett doing Beowulf.' London Review of Books One thousand years from now, the sole inhabitants of a small island - a group no larger than an extended family - are living in a post-civilised world.