Give me Mercia

Imagine that you have neared the end of your years here on earth. At seventy-one you figure that you have only years to live, so golf and TV is what sustains you. A day walking through IKEA and a lunch at the Metro Dinner and your world is complete. Now imagine that world you think is prefect after a lifetime filled with work that was just that, work. Now put yourself in my shoes, A stranger interrupts a perfectly great putt on the golf course and offers you an opportunity to live your life under a new set of rules, rules that you make up. After all you will be king of this long-ago land.

You find yourself in the kingdom ruled by a king who is the least loved man in England. To get to him you will have to do something that was never possible in your old life in your old world in the future, and that is to kill any and all who find themselves on your path. The great thing is that you are not alone, there is Aelic who will be your queen once Brocknose has been conquered. Also, beside your are your new lifelong friends Forwin, Milo, and Craft and when you time into the past has expired after twenty years, they become the new leaders of Hogs Breath and the kingdom of Mercia.

Come with me, after all I have brought with me more than a hundred cases of Solera-gold Glenfiddich to idle away the hours between ongoing wars. Help me end the tyranny and brutality foisted on the good citizens of Hogs breath.

The first man Athelstan kills is trying to kill him. In 48 hours after his arrival in the past he has been forced to kill more than two dozen men who is on the staff of Hogs Breath thane. He himself soon dies as his daughter looks on. In the years to follow Hogs Breath becomes the epicenter of British economic life. Even a king from distant lands are defeated by the magician king, as people who are un sure how he is able to disarm and entire army with just Forwin at his side. It all ends some twenty years later as Athelstan and Aelic along with their children gather inside the container for a group hug.

I was born a brother of a twin sister. Seven children, i was number 6, Peggy being five minutes older than I. Not much of a student in school for reasons I cannot define. I would spend all my time listening to elders talk about their life concerns. In the case of my father that would be Unions and politics. Before the instant vote forecast, someone would have to stay up throughout the night making a tally as the votes came in. My father chose me to be the scorer the night of the Nixon-Kennedy election. I placed a piece of paper on the old Magnavox-console TV and wrote down each states and win/loss, and I was there when pops woke in the morning, he was very happy. After he left for work there were numbers etched into the top of the TV because of the #4 pencil I was using-forever. My interest in those days were rocks, science and space. After 45 years as an industrial craftsman, I retired and built a 3.500 sq ft Log home to pass time. Golfing , and cycling allowed me to maintain good health. Still alive @ 70 I began to write a simple short story which got stuck in my brain and would not leave me any rest. That short story became 447 pages and and four years later to get this far and put into print. Not perfect, but its all mine. What I didn't expect was that after several people had read it, the consensus was, "You need to write a sequel," which I have. That sequel is now in its third edit and soon to be ready for print. I have an additional three manuscripts which is in need of editing, ( science-fiction, murder for hire and the fifth which has a political slant.) To tell you more about myself I'm afraid that you would not find my life all that interesting. But Athelstan and his queen are extremely interesting.