A YEAR OF RAVENS:
A Novel of Boudica’s Rebellion
One story, seven authors. A powerful creative collaboration novel where characters weave in and out each other’s stories/chapters, culminating in a fresh and powerful look at the iconic and tragic confrontation between the Celtic queen and the Roman army. Britannia: land of mist and magic clinging to the western edge of the Roman Empire. A red-haired queen named Boudica led her people in a desperate rebellion against the might of Rome, an epic struggle destined to consume heroes and cowards, young and old, Roman and Celt . . . and these are their stories.
- A calculating queen sees the sparks of revolt in a king’s death.
- A neglected slave girl seizes her own courage as Boudica calls for war.
- An idealistic tribune finds manhood in a brutal baptism of blood and slaughter.
- A conflicted warrior hovers between loyalty to tribe and loyalty to Rome.
- A death-haunted Druid challenges the gods themselves to ensure victory for his people.
- An old champion struggles for everlasting glory in the final battle against the legions.
- A fiery princess fights to salvage the pieces of her mother’s dream as the Ravens’ circle.
“A Year of Ravens is one of those memorable books that will live on in your imagination for years to come. Each scene, written with exquisite skill, vivid imagery, and attention to detail, is reminiscent of the best motion picture moments that we enjoy over and over.” ~UNRV History
A novel in seven parts, overlapping stories of warriors and peacemakers, queens and slaves, Romans and Celts who cross paths during Boudica’s epic rebellion. But who will survive to see the dawn of a new Britannia, and who will fall to feed the Ravens?
