The Douglas Bastard

A bastard born to war. A king forged in exile. A nation on the brink.

Scotland, 1338. Archibald Douglas has nothing but his father’s legend, a dagger at his belt, and a burning vow to make his own name. When the plague steals his mother and war steals his childhood, the boy raised in King David’s exiled court seizes his chance: service under the ruthless Knight of Liddesdale. From pages’ brawls in Norman courtyards to blood-slick ladders on the walls of Perth, Archie learns the brutal arithmetic of survival and the price of loyalty in a conquered kingdom. As Scotland claws back its strongholds stone by stone, Archie’s quick blade and quicker wits carry him through bloody battles, where a split-second choice can mean life or death.

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