{"product_id":"the-house-of-wolf","title":"The House of Wolf","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRome\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFather Asser is waiting to die.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis idealism has landed him in a papal prison on trumped-up charges of heresy, until salvation arrives in an unexpected form. Cardinal Balotelli also dreams of a better world, free from the ravages of the Norlanders. He has a vital job for Asser, one that could shape the future of Europe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWessex\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKing Aethelwolf's power is fading, but none of his feckless children are fit to rule.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis eldest sons would rather fight each other than the blood-thirsty Norland invaders. His daughter, Swift, is clever and cunning, but often blinded by her ambition. Finally there's Alfred, his once-promising younger son, whom nobody has seen in years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen Wolf meets a young priest with a proposition from Rome that could change everything.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLindisfarne\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRhiannon is a slave with a profound hatred for her Saxon captors. When she meets Guthrum, a Norlander hell-bent on wiping Wessex from the map, they set out on a journey of destruction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSo begins an epic struggle between greed and idealism, ambition and betrayal, freedom and tyranny. Because change always meets with resistance and, on the path to power, nobody can be trusted.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little Brown","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":57546565910859,"sku":"R4558-7573","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/the-house-of-wolf","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}