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    Wyrd
    Wyrd
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    Wyrd

    By C.S. Woolley

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    Get swept away on an adventure and see history coming to life before your eyes with the Children of Snotingas. If you love Children’s action and adventure stories for ages seven and up, you’ll love C.S. Woolley’s thrilling Anglo-Saxon stories.

    Life in Anglo-Saxon England is far from fair, but times are changing in Snotingas. As King Penda breaks away from Nordhymbria, six young boys see a chance to change their lives for the better. Wayland, Halsey and Channing are all slaves. Ransom, Seward and Tostig are all from the ceorl class of servants. Each boy dreams of being a warrior and now they finally have a chance.

    War with Nordhymbria means that not only can the lives of slaves and servants change, but the lives of the children of kings and thanes. Kipp, Morven and Nyle are all warriors and sons of some of the most powerful families in Nordhymbria, but none of that means anything now that they are prisoners of Snot. However, the three boys have no plans to sit by and wait for the war to end. Instead, they are determined to cause as many problems as they can for their captors, but the sons of Nordhymbria still have to contend with the daughters of Snotingas.

    Will the sons of Nordhymbria escape and return to their homes? Will Wayland, Halsey, Channing, Ransom, Seward and Tostig achieve their dreams of becoming warriors?

    Step back in time to the age of King Penda, when the kingdom of Mercia was born.

    Buy WYRD today and discover history like never before.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherC.S. Woolley
    Release dateApr 24, 2017
    ISBN9781311823328
    Wyrd
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    C.S. Woolley

    C.S. Woolley (Caroline Sarah Woolley) was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire and raised in the nearby town of Wilmslow. From an early age she discovered she had a flair and passion for writing. This was fuelled by winning local poetry and short story competitions during her years at Mottram St. Andrews Primary School. During high school, she continued to write and found her time split between acting, writing and her studies. At 14 she began writing novels. University did nothing to change her love of writing. C.S. spent a year reading Law at Manchester Metropolitan University before changing her mind and moving to read English at Hull University. After graduating she moved to Nottingham where she stayed for the cricket at Trent Bridge. She currently lives with her partner, Matt, and their two cats in Christchurch, New Zealand. In 2010, C.S published her first novel, Nicolette Mace – The Raven Siren: The Kevin Metis Saga. Since 2010 she has published books in five series – The Chronicles of Celadmore, The Mysteries of Stickleback Hollow, The Children of Ribe, The Children of Snotingas and Nicolette Mace: The Raven Siren - as well as a series of adapted classics for Foxton Books and a series of modernised Shakespeare and workbooks to help with GCSEs. Her upcoming series include Alpha Sigma, The Children of Danelaw, Dark Hearts,The Children of Ribe Story Books, The Children of Ribe: Tales from Ribe, The Children of Ribe: Ancestors, Yngvar and Reinholdt, Finestra, and The Children of Ribe: Legends. More recently C.S has taken part in charity projects that include producing content for charity books such as Standing by the Watchtower: Volume 1. C.S has also acted in several plays and films including Weekend (2011). Hobbies: horse riding, including show jumping and cross country, Formula 1, tennis, free climbing, singing, boxing, dancing, playing guitar, cricket and is also an avid PC and console gamer. Favourite movies: The Muppet Christmas Carol, Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Chisum. Favourite books: Sharpe’s Prey, Silverthorn and the Three Musketeers. Favourite bands: Thin Lizzy, the Darkness and McBusted. For more information please visit: http://www.mightierthanthesworduk.com

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      Wyrd - C.S. Woolley

      WYRD

      The Children of Snotingas

      By C.S. Woolley

      Mightier Than the Sword UK Publications

      ©2017

      The Children of Snotingas:

      WYRD

      By C. S. Woolley

      Cover design by C. S. Woolley

      Illustrations by Davy Ross

      Map by Inkarnate

      A Mightier Than the Sword UK Publication

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright © c. s. woolley 2017

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of the publishers.

      To prevent unauthorised copies of this book being made a number of intentional errors have been included.

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      Thanks for taking the time to read WYRD, it’s another book I didn’t have plans to write and just seemed to come together on its own. The research side of this was particularly interesting as it was not only researching the area I now live in, but also the history of how my nation came to be.

      If you enjoy this book, then please consider signing up to my mailing list. It takes a minute or so to do, you will be kept up-to-date with all the latest news and offers on my other books, but just for signing up you will also get a your choice of a free eBook – Rising Empire: Part 1, FATE or Nicolette Mace: the Raven Siren - Beginnings!

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      Contents

      The Characters

      Prologue

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      Chapter 9

      Chapter 10

      Chapter 11

      Chapter 12

      Historical Note

      From left to right: Halsey, Channing and Wayland

      The Characters

      Ravinger

      Youngest Son of Snot

      Hawk

      Son of a Thane of Mercna

      Lyndon

      Son of a Thane of Mercna

      Brea

      Daughter of a Thane of Mercna

      Idina

      Daughter of a Thane of Mercna

      Luella

      Daughter of a Thane of Mercna

      Kipp

      Son of a Thane of Nordanhymbria

      Morven

      Son of a Thane of Nordanhymbria

      Nyle

      Son of a Thane of Nordanhymbria

      Fern

      Daughter of a warrior of Mercna

      Ransom

      Son of a ceorl of Mercna

      Seward

      Son of a ceorl of Mercna

      Tostig

      Son of a ceorl of Mercna

      Radella

      Daughter of a ceorl of Mercna

      Wayland

      Son of a slave of Mercna

      Halsey

      Son of a slave of Mercna

      Channing

      Son of a slave of Mercna

      Calder

      A Thane of Mercna

      Burne

      A Thane of Mercna

      Penda

      King of Mercna

      Snot

      Thane of Snotingas

      Parr

      A warrior of Mercna

      Mather

      A ceorl of Mercna

      Sherwood

      A slave of Mercna

      Borden

      A Thane of Nordanhymbria

      Arley

      A Thane of Nordanhymbria

      Prologue

      Snot was a Thane of Mercna who served King Penda. He was a war leader that his people liked and was trusted by the king. When King Penda had told the king of Nordanhymbria that his people were not going to be part of their kingdom, Snot had been with him.

      King Penda formed the kingdom of Mercna and the war leaders were ready to fight any warriors from any of the other kingdoms that lay around them. Eadwine, the King of Deira and Bernicia, had been in East Engle in exile, protected by King Raedwald, until they had faced King Æthelfrith in battle by the River Idle in 616. Raedwald had defeated Æthelfrith, Eadwine had married Cwenbury, Raedwald’s daughter, and been made king.

      The war bands of Eadwine and Raedwald were strong and Eadwine had spent the last ten years seizing control of the countries of Eoforwic, Rheged, Dunoting, Elmet and Pecsæte, creating the nation of Nordanhymbria. Then he had turned his eyes on the lands of Nord Engle, Mercna and the lands of Cair Lerion that lay between Nordanhymbria and East Engle.

      But Raedwald had died and though Eadwine was strong, the people of Cair Lerion had no intention of becoming part of Eadwine’s kingdom. Penda had made a pact with King Cynegils and King Cwichelm, the kings of Middl Engle and Suth Engle to strengthen his own war band against the might of Eadwine.

      Ceorl had been king before Penda, but he had been a weak king. He was scared of Eadwine and had been happy for Nord Engle to serve Nordanhymbria, but the people were not. Penda went to Snot for help. Penda wanted to seize the throne from his cousin and named Snot thane of Snotingham when Penda had become king. The lands of Snotingham lay along the border of Nordanhymbria. Penda needed someone who he could trust to keep the men of

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