The Shielding

AD 600 ANGLO-SAXON BRITAIN

The so-called Dark Ages was a time when our relationship with the patterns of the earth and her living ecosystems were the brightest…

…And a time when our heathen worship of nature came to an end and we lost our connection with the magic of the natural world.

The Shielding is an insight into understanding how we must navigate our appreciation of the world with which we live by returning to our cultural heritage rooted in the regional landscape.

“Shield the Earth in ages of darkness, for the Light sunders Nature’s brightness.” –Dark Earth Chronicles

The Gundestrup Cauldron

ABOUT THE BOOK

A prince turned wanderer,
wanderer to warrior,
and warrior returned king.

Born into a treacherous and unforgiving world, Edwin the Sparrow of Deira is given hostage to the court of Winta, and his sister peaceweaver to a Bernician warlord by their ruthless uncle, who takes for himself the seat of the celebrated cæster Eoforwic (York), and the secrets of the holy cup once belonging to Peredur (Percival) son of Efrog (York).

With Winta’s fall Edwin Winting-Sparrow returns to Eoforwic a young warrior only to be usurped by his sister’s husband, forcing Edwin to turn wanderer in an epic and perilous flight across Anglo-Saxon Britain, collecting comrades and making alliances in a quest to reclaim Eoforwic and bring unity to all the kingdoms of Britain. For Edwin is destined to become Wayfinder, a king of kings greater than there has ever been before.

A great leader is burnished the brightest in exile, forged with sparks and tempered in ash.

The Coppergate Helmet