VIII is the story of Hal: a young, handsome, gifted warrior, who belives he has been chosen to lead his people. But he is plagued by the ghosts of his family's violent past and, once he rises to power, he turns to murder and rapacious cruelty. He is Henry VIII.
' . . . a story which grips from beginning to end'
Celia Rees, author of Witch Child
