Longbow

The Saga of Roland Inness, Book 1

By: Wayne Grant

Narrated by: James Young

Roland Inness desperately needs meat for his starving family, but he takes the wrong deer on the wrong nobleman's land. Worse yet, he uses his longbow, a weapon outlawed and suppressed by the Norman overlords of England. Now they are coming for him. With one shot the 14 year old 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. Along 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. That skill and his courage are sorely tested as he fights to earn the trust of his new master. Longbow is the first novel in The Saga of Roland Inness. It is followed by Warbow, which takes Roland and his companions to the Holy Land on King Richard's Crusade, and The Broken Realm, which tells the story of his return to England to find a country in the midst of a civil war. The final book in the series, The Ransomed Crown puts Roland at the center of the struggle to save Richard's crown while he is imprisoned by the Holy Roman Emperor and his brother John seeks to usurp the throne.

©2014 Wayne E Grant (P)2017 Wayne E Grant

Very well written

This was an enjoyable listen. There were enough twists to keep me thoroughly entertained, and they were balanced well by the author’s attention to character development.

Excellent start to a series

Tremendous start to a series. Fast pace easy to follow story with lost of action.

I really enjoyed this!

I really enjoyed this book! The story line is good, and very enticing. It made me want to read (well, listen more). The performance was good. Overall, not the best book i have read, but definitely close.

Rousing tale!

A marvelous tale for any age. Great way to get a young boy to love history.
I’m neither, but loved it!

My new addiction!

I never has much interest in medieval history -- until reading this AMAZING book!