Give me Mercia

The first man Athelstan kills is trying to kill him. In 48 hours after his arrival in the past he has been forced to kill more than two dozen men who is on the staff of Hogs Breath thane. He himself soon dies as his daughter looks on. In the years to follow Hogs Breath becomes the epicenter of British economic life. Even a king from distant lands are defeated by the magician king, as people who are un sure how he is able to disarm and entire army with just Forwin at his side.

It all ends some twenty years later as Athelstan and Aelic along with their children gather inside the container for a group hug.

I was born a brother of a twin sister. Seven children, i was number 6, Peggy being five minutes older than I. Not much of a student in school for reasons I cannot define. I would spend all my time listening to elders talk about their life concerns. In the case of my father that would be Unions and politics. Before the instant
vote forecast, someone would have to stay up throughout the night making a tally as the votes came in. My father chose me to be the scorer the night of the Nixon-Kennedy election. I placed a piece of paper on the old Magnavox-console TV and wrote down each states and win/loss, and I was there when pops woke in the morning, he was very happy. After he left for work there were numbers etched into the top of the TV because of the #4 pencil I was using-forever. My interest in those days were rocks, science and space.

After 45 years as an industrial craftsman, I retired and built a 3.500 sq ft Log home to pass time. Golfing , and cycling allowed me to maintain good health. Still alive @ 70 I began to write a simple short story which got stuck in my brain and would not leave me any rest. That short story became 447 pages and and four years later to get this far and put into print. Not perfect, but its all mine. What I didn't expect was that after several people had read it, the consensus was, "You need to write a sequel," which I have. That sequel is now in its third edit and soon to be ready for print. I have an additional three manuscripts which is in need of editing, ( science-fiction, murder for hire and the fifth which has a political slant.) To tell you more about myself I'm afraid that you would not find my life all that interesting. But Athelstan and his queen are extremely interesting.