![]() Taking refuge in the Welsh forest with others who have fled the Normans, Bran slowly comes to the realization that he is the only hope for his people. Among those who mourn his supposed death is Mérian, daughter to the king of a neighboring cantref. Informed by William’s justiciar that he can buy back Elfael for the enormous sum of 600 marks, Bran returns home to retrieve the money but is seriously wounded by the baron’s knights, who leave him for dead. Brychan’s son, Bran, sets off with the enormous warrior Iwan (“John” in English) and the English Friar Aethelfrith (nicknamed “Tuck” due to his physique), to seek redress from Red William, King of England. ![]() King Brychan and his warband are murdered by the devious Norman, Baron de Braose, who then crushes Elfael beneath his harsh rule. ![]() Lawhead’s take on the Robin Hood legend is original, engaging, and unorthodox, for this Robin Hood isn’t an Englishman in Sherwood Forest - he’s a Welsh freedom fighter. ![]()
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