Sir Roger Mudstone, mercenary captain of the Company Of The Rose, a band of greedy misfits, thieves and murderers, who fight for whoever will pay them the most coin. Their captain is a man of few morals and even fewer scruples. Twenty years fighting petty squabbles for the French nobility has left behind a trail of death and destruction. The power, land, women and wealth that Sir Roger expected, always seem just out of his grasp. He’s become bad, mad and extremely dangerous to know. A man willing to do the darkest of deeds…..

In far off England, the bishop of Draychester has a message he is reluctantly obliged to deliver into Sir Roger’s hands. One that could change everything for the old mercenary. The trouble is, who in their right mind would dare seek out such a man? Perhaps someone who is, if it really comes down to it, expendable…

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