AIDAN K. MORRISSEY
Tacnbora
Exile and Pagans
A warrior-monk. A divided north. A war built on lies.
Britain, 6th and 7th centuries. The northern kingdoms are divided, war threatens on every horizon, and faith is becoming a tool of power.
Findlugán mac Cobthach (Finn) is a warrior-monk raised by Saint Columba. Trained in arms by the kings of Dál Riata and shaped by the faith of Hy and the Picts, he is sent as an emissary between rival thrones. His mission is simple to say and hard to do: keep the peace.
But a smooth-tongued pretender is stirring old grudges into open conflict, and Finn is drawn into a world of dangerous loyalties, shifting alliances, and blood-price decisions. As old gods fade and a divided new faith spreads, families turn on family and rulers fall or are driven into exile. Finn must decide when words can hold the line—and when only steel will do.
Tacnbora (Anglo-Saxon) for “standard-bearer”—is inspired by an unnamed man buried at the threshold of the Great Palace at Ad Gefrin. This is the life he might have lived.
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