Attila The Gathering of the Storm
Author(s): William Napier
The 5th century has dawned in blood. The young boy exiled thirty years ago has grown into a man. One stormy autumn day, a mysterious rider is seen out on the plains. Attila has returned, his sentence served, to claim his kingdom. He will ride out at the head of no more than one hundred chosen men, driven by the ambition to unite all the feuding Hunnish and Scythian tribes under single banner and a single king. An impossible ambition. For Attila and his chosen men must triumph over blizzards and deserts, bandit kings and hidden mountain kingdoms, and furious battle with the terrible Kutrigur Huns. But all will flock to his banner, answer his call. His power is mysterious and inexpressible, his strength of character and iron will cannot be opposed. And far to the west lies a promised empire both fabulously wealthy and tottering to its knees. An empire full of gold and silver and dark-eyed slavegirls ...the Empire of Rome. And this strange horde from out of the Scythian wilderness will bring a night to fall on that Empire like no other...
General Information
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- : Orion Publishing Co
- : Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
- : 0.0
- : 01 February 2008
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Other Specifications
- : William Napier
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : 336
- : Illustrations, 1 map
More About The Product
The ATTILA trilogy is a bloodstained epic about the Fall of Rome, and its enigmatic destroyer: Attila the Hun. ATTILA, the first in the trilogy, has sold 50,000 in paperback and the hardback of ATTILA: THE GATHERING OF THE STORM has sold 7,000 copies already It's a story of sex, power and extreme violence and the events that put the final nails in the coffin of Roman Europe. Attila is one of those elusive figures whose notoriety is only exceeded by his mystery. The perfect mix for historical fiction. William Napier is a fantastic craftsman of prose and possesses a wealth of knowledge of the time. An impressive combination. William Napier has received excellent reviews: '[A] rip-roaring account of the boyhood of Attila the Hun, a tale jam-packed with epic set pieces, bloody battles ... [a] gripping novel' Daily Mail. '[A] rattling good yarn... Napier tells a great story, complete with smells and sounds, and lots of gore ... I couldn't put it down' Big Issue. 'If you think you don't like historical fiction, you haven't read William Napier' The Times
William Napier was born in 1965 and educated in Cheltenham, Oxford and London. He lives in Wiltshire and travels widely.
