Most of all, it is a story of high adventure set in a time so filled with drama it has spawned legends that fascinate people to this day. It is a story of courage, loyalty, honor and treachery. The Saga of Roland Inness series begins with this tale of a fourteen-year-old boy who has extraordinary skill with a longbow. Countering them is Queen Eleanor who picks Sir Roger's daughter Millicent for her own mission-one that puts her at the centre of a plot to turn England against King Richard. In England, the land is awash in political intrigue, led by Prince John and Sir William de Ferrers, Roland's mortal enemy. There, Roland sees the ugly face of war and tests his mettle. Joining them is the Templar Knight Tuck as they contend with Moors, Berbers and a Sicilian usurper before reaching the battlefields in the east. King Richard has sworn to take Jerusalem from Saladin and orders Sir Roger to assess the military situation. Just click on the “Buy” button under the Longbow cover illustration and it will take you to the relevant Amazon page.Having found his place as a squire to a Norman knight, Roland Inness sets off with his master, Sir Roger de Laval, and fellow squire on a perilous mission to the Holy Land. I might add that there is also a terrific girl in this one! It was originally written for my two sons and is most appropriate for ages ten and up, though adults should enjoy it as well.

While primarily an adventure tale, this book does touch on values that are important for boys like courage, loyalty, and even patience. That skill and his courage are sorely tested as he fights to earn the trust of his new master. With one shot the peasant boy is launched on a desperate flight that takes him from the mountains of Derbyshire to the wild frontier of Wales and on to the court of Richard the Lionheart.Īlong the way he is hunted by a paid killer, aided by a strange monk named Tuck, and taken in by a gruff Norman knight, who values his amazing skill with the bow. Worse yet, he uses his longbow, a weapon outlawed and suppressed by the Norman overlords of England. It begins when 14 year old Roland Inness takes the wrong deer on the wrong nobleman’s land. Like all books featured in this blog, Longbow is the kind of story a boy will appreciate.

Well this is just a bit self serving, but my YA novel, Longbow, was just published and is available on Amazon.

Warbow by Wayne Grant