Writing's a fight and this boy needs a battle
Third instalment chronicling the misadventures of the one-armed Batty Coalhouse, seasoned mercenary, sometime bounty hunter, explosives specialist, and all-round maker of trouble. The last in an engaging trilogy of books that brings a wider historical context to the mythology of the Border Reivers.
The second thrilling instalment of the trilogy is n interesting take on reiver legends, managing to place their history and battles in a wider historical context, from Michelangelo to the Mary Rose. In this instalment Batty Coalhouse is offered the chance to take revenge on the man who took his arm, the mercenary Maramaldo.
One of the more interesting fictions I’ve read about the border reivers, a place and time where vendetta and revenge are a way of life. The one-armed Batty Coalhouse is hired by fifteen-year-old Mintie Henderson, to avenge the murder of her father.
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