The Runner and the Saint
- Publisher
- Five Rivers Publishing
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2014
- Category
- General, NON-CLASSIFIABLE, Epic
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Book
- ISBN
- 9781927400531
- Publish Date
- Mar 2014
- List Price
- $11.99
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781927400548
- Publish Date
- Mar 2014
- List Price
- $4.99
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Description
Earl Malcolm has reason to fear the ferocious Northmen raiders of the Western Isles are going to attack the land of Alba, so he sends Ivor on a desperate mission with a chest of silver to buy them off. But the situation Ivor finds when he reaches the Wolf’s Lair is even worse than he was led to expect. Only a miracle can save him now.
About the author
Originally from Scotland, Dave Duncan has lived all his adult life in Western Canada, having enjoyed a long career as a petroleum geologist before taking up writing. Since discovering that imaginary worlds are more satisfying than the real one, he has published more than forty-five novels, mostly in the fantasy genre, but also young adult, science fiction, and historical. He has at times been Sarah B. Franklin (but only for literary purposes) and Ken Hood (which is short for “D’ye Ken Whodunit?”)
His most successful works have been fantasy series: The Seventh Sword, A Man of His Word and its sequel, A Handful of Men, and six books about The King’s Blades.
He and Janet were married in 1959. They have one son and two daughters, who in