For Queen and country.
Robyn Hood and his band of outlaws seek to raise the magical trine of the Old Religion against the tyranny of Church and Crown. Yet their forest kingdom roils with conflict, much of it from within.
Marion has fled the Church to join her brother's band, but old shackles and new fears hamper her ability to take up her birthright as Maiden to the Wode.
The outlaws hold to an uneasy truce with Gamelyn, also known as the defrocked Templar Guy of Gisbourne, once Robyn's fiercest enemy and now lover.
A lone traveller is waylaid, and common occurrence quickly proves uncommon. Knight and Maiden, Archer and Men, all are conscripted to aid a Queen's—and ultimately a King's—ransom.
For England lies divided, and beneath winter's chill lies struggle: for crown, for country, and for the Shire Wode's deepest magics.
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With its truly unique take on the Robin Hood legends, this historical series sets Robin the outlaw archer as a queer, chaotic-neutral druid, Marion as pagan queen who is sister but not wife, and their consort a Christian--and thusly conflicted--nobleman.
Industry Reviews
“A series re-imagining the Robin Hood story in a daring new way, steeped in historical romanticism with a hefty dose of fantasy and a magical sense of storytelling... Embodies the conflicts and changes going on around them – old versus new, pagan versus Christian, Briton versus Norman, duty versus desire – struggles rooted in history but couched in legend.” —HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY
“This book – indeed this series- is a marvel of writing. Every time I was forced to break from reading it I had to shake myself. My living room is a far cry from Robyn’s mystical Wode you see – and his Wode is exactly where I was transported to every moment I was reading.” —Dianne with IT’S ABOUT THE BOOK
"I’ve rarely found an author who can tackle something as ambitious as the Wode series and do it with such amazing skill of narrative and language and character. These are modern books, but Hennig pulls us into the Middle Ages, surrounds us with sights and sounds that bring the time alive. She tells a great story, weaving history tightly through it, and teaches us without seeming to. We don’t just enjoy a sweeping romantic tale, we learn about the world in which it takes place." —Ulysses with PRISM BOOK ALLIANCE
