#Giveaway Review Dark Winds Rising Interview with Mark Noce

Today on the blog I'm interviewing the amazing author of Dark Winds Rising a sequel to his debut Between Two Fires, these were both unforgettable reads and I knew I had to find out more about this master storyteller.
Mark's publisher St. Martin's Press is offering book 1, Between Two Fires as a giveaway. Details below.
Enjoy!

ISBN-13: 9781250072634
Publisher: St Martin's Press
Queen Branwen, Book 2
Release Date: 12-5-2017
Length: 304pp
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OVERVIEW:

Mark Noce returns to Medieval Wales with Dark Winds Rising, his second book about the Braveheart-like Queen Branwen in this epic historical series.

Three years after uniting the Welsh to defeat the Saxons and settling down with her true love, Artagan, Queen Branwen finds her world once again turned upside down as Pictish raiders harry the shores of her kingdom. Rallying her people once more, she must face her most dangerous foe yet, the Queen of the Picts. Ruthless and cunning, the Pictish Queen turns the Welsh against each other in a bloody civil war.

All the while Branwen is heavy with child, and finds her young son’s footsteps dogged by a mysterious assassin who eerily resembles her dead first husband, the Hammer King. In the murky world of courtly intrigue, Queen Branwen must continually discern friend from foe at her own peril in the ever-shifting alliances of the independent Welsh kingdoms.

Branwen must somehow defeat the Picts and save her people before the Pictish Queen and the assassin destroy their lives from the inside out. Just as the Saxons threatened Branwen’s kingdom from the landward side of her realm in Between Two Fires, now the Picts threaten her domain from sea in this thrilling sequel. But she soon finds that the enigmatic Picts are unlike any foe she has faced before.

Mark Noce bases his novel on primary sources, as well as myths and legends that help bring the Dark Ages to life. Set in a time and era in which very little reliable written records or archeological remains have survived, the characters and some of the place names are fictional, but the physical environment, the historical details, and the saga of the Welsh people is very real.

This continuation of Branwen's story combines elements of mystery and romance with Noce's gift for storytelling.

The Giveaway is for one print copy
of Queen Branwen book 1
 Between Two Fires US ONLY
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Review - Between Two Fires by Mark Noce

Last year at this time I had the privilege of showcasing Mark Noce's debut novel Between Two Fires and when I learned he's releasing the sequel in early December I knew I had to read the them.
I hope you enjoy my review of Between Two Fires and check back in around his release date of 12-5 for an interview, showcase, review and giveaway.

ISBN-13:  978-1250072627
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date: 8-23-2016
Length: 336pp
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Overview:

Saxon barbarians threaten to destroy medieval Wales. Lady Branwen becomes Wales' last hope to unite their divided kingdoms when her father betroths her to a powerful Welsh warlord, the Hammer King. But the fledgling alliance is fraught with enemies from within and without as Branwen becomes the target of assassination attempts and courtly intrigue. A young woman in a world of fierce warriors, she seeks to assert her own authority and preserve Wales against the barbarians. But when she falls for a young hedge knight named Artagan, her world threatens to tear itself apart.

Caught between her duty to her people and her love of a man she cannot have, Branwen must choose whether to preserve her royal marriage or to follow her heart. Somehow she must save her people and remain true to herself, before Saxon invaders and a mysterious traitor try to destroy her.

*GIVEAWAY* Showcase - Between Two Fires by Mark Noce

You all know how I love to bring you debut authors and you know how I love Welsh folklore tales so I'm excited to showcase a novel that's right at the top of my own to be read pile, please enjoy my showcase of Between Two Fires.

St. Martin's Press is sponsoring a giveaway see details below

ISBN-13: 781250072627
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date: 08-23-2016
Length: 336 pp
Buy It: B&N/Amazon/Kobo/IndieBound/Audible/Publisher

OVERVIEW:
Saxon barbarians threaten to destroy medieval Wales. Lady Branwen becomes Wales' last hope to unite their divided kingdoms when her father betroths her to a powerful Welsh warlord, the Hammer King. But the fledgling alliance is fraught with enemies from within and without as Branwen becomes the target of assassination attempts and courtly intrigue. A young woman in a world of fierce warriors, she seeks to assert her own authority and preserve Wales against the barbarians. But when she falls for a young hedge knight named Artagan, her world threatens to tear itself apart.
Caught between her duty to her people and her love of a man she cannot have, Branwen must choose whether to preserve her royal marriage or to follow her heart. Somehow she must save her people and remain true to herself, before Saxon invaders and a mysterious traitor try to destroy her.

Branwen's story combines elements of mystery and romance with Noce's gift for storytelling.

Giveaway is for one print copy US ONLY
of Between Two Fires by Mark Noce
Please use Rafflecopter form below to enter
Good Luck!
Thanks St. Martin's Press