ABOUT THE AUTHOR
A two-time winner of the British Fantasy Award, Mark Chadbourn was raised in the mining communities of South Derbyshire and studied Economic History at Leeds before becoming a journalist. Now a screenwriter for BBC television drama, he has also run an independent record company, managed rock bands, and worked on a production line and as an engineer’s ‘mate’. He is the author of the celebrated The Dark Age, The Age of Misrule and Kingdom of the Serpent trilogies. The Swords of Albion novels, featuring Will Swyfte, were inspired in part by a mysterious portrait discovered at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, which may be the only surviving depiction of the playwright and alleged spy, Christopher Marlowe. It is inscribed with the motto Quod me nutrit me destruit – ‘That which nourishes me destroys me’.
Mark Chadbourn lives in a forest in the Midlands. To find out more about him and his writing, visit www.jackofravens.com
Also by Mark Chadbourn
THE DARK AGE:
THE DEVIL IN GREEN
THE QUEEN OF SINISTER
THE HOUNDS OF AVALON
THE AGE OF MISRULE:
WORLD’S END
DARKEST HOUR
ALWAYS FOREVER
KINGDOM OF THE SERPENT:
JACK OF RAVENS
THE BURNING MAN
DESTROYER OF WORLDS
LORD OF SILENCE
THE SWORDS OF ALBION:
THE SWORD OF ALBION
For more information on Mark Chadbourn and his books, see his website at www.jackofravens.com
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