Stuart Hill

"containing his treacherous plots against his brother Clarence, the pittiefull murther of his innocent nephewes, his tyrannicall usurpation, with the whole course of his detested life and most deserved death" (Subtitle of the 1597 edition.)

Charlemagne must overcome his kingdom's internal problems and defeat an invasion from Bellorum.

When her father is killed, princess Thirrin Freer Strong-In-The-Arm Lindenshield becomes queen of Icemark and searches for a way to protect her people and their homeland from invaders from the Polypontian Empire.

"You have destroyed my army and reduced my allies to broken-spirited cravens. But I will not beg for mercy. I defy you still! I defy you forever! Tomorrows will dawn when you will know the bitter savor of defeat! Look to your walls and ramparts, arm your angels and sanctified dead. For one day you will see the banners of Cronus riding against you again!" War of the Witches! Ever since Medea's exile to the Darkness, the Icemark has enjoyed a period of peace and prosperity. Warrior Queen Thirrin believes the bad-seed sorceress is gone for good - burnt to ashes and cast out on the Spirit Plain. But banishment did not kill Medea: It made her stronger. Now, allied with Cronus, embodiment of all evil, the reborn witch plots her revenge! Thirrin, her fragile homeland under siege once more, must focus her fearsome military prowess on a fresh invader. Only the warlock Oskan knows that true ruin to the kingdom will come in the form of their own fallen daughter. The thrilling conclusion to the acclaimed Icemark Trilogy!