The Bitter Pardon: Book One in the Webb's Reckoning Trilogy

England prepares to invade France...A fragile alliance must be fortified...Caught in the middle, Miles Webb finds England's hopes resting on his reluctant shoulders, can he prevail?Spared from the gallows by King Edward IV, common soldier Miles Webb is tasked with a perilous diplomatic mission: escort a noble bride and royal gifts across 15th-century Burgundy. Pursued by a relentless French agent and plagued by treacherous allies, Miles must rely on his wits and his blade to protect his charge and survive a journey where betrayal is a constant threat and the price of failure is not just his life, but war.But the world is changing. The medieval world of armoured knights, armoured horses, and longbows is under threat from a new order. Smoke drifts over battlefields as guns and cannons threaten the old ways, threaten those who follow the code of chivalry. This will not be merely the quest of one man and his array of unusual companions, but a titanic struggle between two visions of the future, the old and the new.