The characters and setting in this gripping novel are well described and true-to-life in the well-researched and fascinating tale centered on the conflict of Robert the Bruce and Edward Longshanks. The book kept me in thrall from beginning to end. Luckily, this is only the first book of a series!

A gory read. Hard to visualize that amount of life lost in a small country.

The geography is quite hazy and needs correcting, but the story is quite fine. There is no possible way that standing in the castle Tioram they are on the shore of Loch Moidart.