Richard Anderton
ASIN: B018MPUSOC
Publisher: JBA Books
Pages: 304
A swashbuckling adventure set during the time of the Tudors …To escape a death sentence for practising witchcraft, Thomas Devilstone flees abroad and joins the White Rose rebels plotting to overthrow Henry VIII. Thomas' quest to restore the House of York to the English throne takes him from the foetid dungeons of The Tower of London to war torn Northern Italy, where he must lead a company of battle hardened landsknecht mercenaries against their sworn enemies, the renegade Black Band.The Devil’s Band is the first in a series of novels featuring Thomas Devilstone: a dispossessed knight, alchemist, necromancer and mercenary. From the murderous intrigues of Henry VIII's court and the blood soaked battlefields of Europe, to the strange new worlds of The Americas, Africa and The Orient, Thomas must use his wits, courage and knowledge of the occult to survive. But it won’t be easy.