Kings of the Night

Cormac of Connacht enters a grim sacred grove and finds the Pictish world at war with itself and with Rome. There he meets Bran Mak Morn, a king trying to forge unity from divided clans, while priests, omens, and brutal rites reveal a people both savage and burdened by the memory of a greater past. Around them gather Britons, Gaels, and Northmen, each proud, armed, and unreliable, and the coming battle depends as much on loyalty as on steel. When the Northmen refuse to fight without a king of their own race, the wizard Gonar unveils a vision that reaches back through lost empires and ancient ages to summon Kull of Atlantis, a warrior-king from beyond time. Kull's arrival turns prophecy into reality, and his savage duel with Wulfhere wins the Northmen's allegiance. As Roman legions close in, Bran, Kull, and Cormac shape a desperate ambush in the valley, where leadership, honor, and the raw force of legend may be the only hope for survival. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.