Shadows of the Grove

The Druids made their last stand here. The land still remembers.

AD 58-60. Suetonius Paulinus, Rome's most ruthless governor, marches west with a single purpose: destroy the Druids at their sacred stronghold of Mona (Anglesey). Burn their groves. Kill their priests. Erase their memory from the earth.

Marcus and Mya, veterans of fifteen years of conquest, are drawn into the campaign.

They have served Rome since the invasion. They have watched the hill forts fall, the tribes break, the resistance crumble. They have told themselves there was no choice.

But Mona is different.

The Druids are not savages. They are an ancient order with a network of spies that spans the empire. And their leader, the Shadowed One, has been waiting for this moment for fifteen years.

When the legions cross the strait, they face something they cannot explain. Women with torches, their hair wild, their curses cutting through the mist. Druids with arms raised, chanting in a language older than Rome. The legions hesitate. The line wavers.

And in the chaos, Marcus and Mya come face to face with Cynara, the acolyte who once let them go.

She offers them a choice: fight for Rome or remember who they really are.

The groves will burn. The veil between worlds will grow thin. And two broken people will discover that some chains are worn on the inside, and the hardest battles are fought not with swords, but with the soul.

‘Shadows of the Grove’ is the third volume in the ‘Shadows of Britannia’ series, a story of faith, sacrifice, and the long memory of a land that refuses to forget.

- Historical fiction with heart and authenticity