Assassin's Reign: Book 4 of The Civil War Chronicles (Stryker) Nicol√°s Obregon We've all seen him: the

We've all seen him: the man - the monster - staring from the front page of every newspaper

The Surprising Irish Giant may be the sensation of the season but only his compatriots seem to attend to his mythic powers of invention

and at what cost

Young women from the castle are being slain whilst horrific things are witnessed in the nearby forest

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Assassin's Reign: Book 4 of The Civil War Chronicles (Stryker) Nicol√°s Obregon We've all seen him: theThe forces of King Charles are victorious; their Parliamentarian enemies in deep crisis. In the west, the crucial port city of Bristol has fallen, and Royalist eyes fall quickly upon neighbouring Gloucester. Its walls are weak, its garrison under strength, and its governor Sir Edward Massie suspected of harbouring sympathy for the King. Stryker and his men are with the army as it converges on Gloucester, still reeling from the loss of a close friend