The King's Hounds
The King's Hounds: Book #1
- By: Martin Jensen & Tara Chace
- Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
- Length: 10 hours 59 minutes
Description
The year is 1018 and the war with England is finally over, but the unified kingdom ruled by Cnut of Denmark is far from peaceful. Halfdan has lost everything to the war but his sense of humor. Once a proud nobleman, now he wanders the country aimlessly powered only by his considerable charm and some petty theft. When he finds an unlikely ally in Winston, a bookish former monk, the two set out together for Oxford, the seat of the new king. The pair’s arrival in court coincides with news of a murder, and Cnut has an idea only a king could get away with: Why not enlist Halfdan and Winston — the Danish womanizer and the upright Saxon intellectual — to defuse a politically explosive situation? They’re given just two days to solve the murder and they set off to uncover the truth, on the order of the king and with the reluctant assistance of the agitated townspeople.
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The King's Hounds Series
The King's Hounds
By: Martin Jensen & Tara Chace
Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
Length: 10 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
The year is 1018 and the war with England is finally over, but the unified kingdom ruled by Cnut of Denmark is far from peaceful. Halfdan has lost everything to the war but his sense of humor. Once a proud nobleman, now he wanders the country aimlessly powered only by his considerable charm and some petty theft. When he finds an unlikely ally... Read more »
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Oathbreaker
By: Martin Jensen & Tara Chace
Length: 10 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
Halfdan and his master, Winston the Illuminator, are guests in a monastery when they’re awakened in the middle of the night and asked to solve a crime. A monk praying in the church has been brutally murdered, and his severed hand offers the first clue of a motive. As they investigate who could have committed such a heinous atrocity—and... Read more »
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A Man's Word
By: Martin Jensen & Tara Chace
Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
Length: 7 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
The crime-solving duo known as the King’s Hounds—Halfdan and his master, Winston—are investigating a possible plot against King Cnut by onetime enemy-turned-ally Jarl Thorkell. Joined on the arduous journey by Winston’s woman, Alfilda, and Atheling, his cranky mule, they venture to the markets in Thetford to gather information.
On the way, they... Read more »
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