AFTER VERDEN: Volume 3 of The Saxon Wars Trilogy

After the slaughter at Verden, Saxony is broken, grieving, and dangerous. Bruno has survived as hostage, interpreter, student, and reluctant bridge between peoples, but the war has stripped away every easy answer. The Franks speak of justice and peace. The Saxons remember sacred places destroyed, oaths forced, families divided, and men killed for rebellion.Bernwald's hatred has hardened into something that may never heal. Wulfhard must decide what remains of duty when every choice carries shame. Widukind's eventual baptism promises an end to one phase of the struggle, but not to the scars left behind. For Bruno, faith can no longer be merely the language of his captors or the command of a king. If he is to accept baptism, it must be as himself.In the final volume of The Saxon Wars Trilogy, conquest, memory, family, and belief converge after Verden, where survival is not the same as peace.A bilingual English-German historical novel of Charlemagne's Saxon Wars.