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Cross and Anvil is the first book in the Cloth & Steel Legacy.
A crown under threat. A country on the brink. A blacksmith hammered into a spy.
Halifax, 1595. Under the brutal shadow of the Gibbet Law, young William Mowsley watches his family shattered by industrial greed and harsh justice. Left with nothing but the heat of his forge, he vows to make himself harder than the world that broke him.
London, 1600. Drawn into the smoky, paranoid orbit of Queen Elizabeth’s secret service, William is no longer just a smith; he is a precision weapon of the state. Born of Yorkshire iron and Irish blood, he is the perfect instrument to infiltrate the Gaelic clans of Ulster. Caught between the English hammer and the Irish cross, William must walk a razor-thin line where the ultimate test of loyalty is not to a monarch, but to the conscience beneath his armour.
About the Author
When I look back to where my love of stories truly began, it is rooted in some of my earliest memories. At a very young age, I didn’t just scribble blindly with crayons; I drew detailed compositions, houses with window boxes and stone paths, blue skies that dropped down to kiss the horizon, and people who invariably had sausage fingers. It has always been about the details. In that respect, I’m no different now than that three-year-old sitting at a low table painting a masterpiece.
Being creative through art, writing, and music is like a river always searching for the sea. The journey I have taken directly influences how I paint, how I draw, and how I put pen to paper to express my imagination.
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