Overview
It is the same war we always fight. A war for coin we will never touch, won for men who never bleed. AD 690: Spain is poised on the brink of civil war. The struggle between Emperor and Caliph simmers in the east. Caught amid it all, Spain's children fight for justice, freedom - and each other. Theudemir of Aurariola counts it a curse when his commander asks him to spy on the Greek fleet he serves. His honour weighs him down in the midst of an Imperial war, where men serve only themselves and treachery takes what battle does not. His friend Yosef has disappeared, the woman he loves is fighting on Saharan sands, and an old enemy threatens the uneasy alliance he leads. Theo needs to go home - but with his brothers caught on opposite sides of Spain's bitter civil war, home is no longer simple.The King's Coin is the third book in the Visigoths of Spain saga, following the fortunes of three Spanish families caught in the fall of the Visigothic kingdom and the Arabic conquest of Spain. Set against a sprawling medieval landscape, the story follows Visigothic nobleman Theo as he fights imperial battles on the shores of Anatolia; Jewish merchant Yosef on his epic journey to China in search of silk; and fierce, wild Lælia, heiress to the Spanish estate of Illiberis, as she defends her home against the corrupt ambitions of church and crown.Whilst each must make foreign enemies and alliances to survive, they remain linked by a common enemy: Oppa, the scheming bastard son of the Spanish King, who is making alliances of his own. His ambitions have far reaching consequences, both at home and abroad. It is time for Spain's children to come home. But with two armies laying claim to the Toledo throne and corruption splitting the church, the King's coin can no longer be trusted, and ambition is the only true faith.Spain is at war, and home is no longer simple.
- | Author: Paula Constant
- | Publisher: Fehu Press
- | Publication Date: February 25, 2021
- | Number of Pages: 514 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 0645104019
- | ISBN-13: 9780645104011
