Six Sentence Sunday: The Amber Treasure

Six sentence Sunday #1 The Amber Treasure

A man has five senses and each and every one of them gets used in a battle. That morning of the second day of the Battle of Catraeth, my senses were overwhelmed. You see with a terrifying clarity the approaching army; perceive the fear mingled equally with hate in the eyes of the enemy as well as the terrified pleading expressions of those you have struck down. You feel your heart pounding and later, the terrible crush of battle, the indescribable sensations of your blade cutting flesh and bone, the searing pain of injury and the air burning in your lungs. You taste blood and smell – gods, the smell -’ you smell sweat and shit and piss, the appalling stench of viscera and the smoke of burning buildings.

Above and beyond all of that, however, is the sense of hearing: it is the sounds you will recall more than anything else when you think of battles you have been in.

From The Amber Treasure

The Amber Treasure

Historical Fiction in Dark Ages Britain
…all good stories are about a sword.

The Amber Treasure is historical fiction set in Dark Age Britain –

598 A.D. Betrayal threatens the Kingdom of Northumbria.