The Lion in Chains: A Foreworld SideQuest

Written by Mark Teppo and Angus Trim

Narrated by Luke Daniels

SideQuests are stand-alone stories or novellas that chronicle the heroes, villains, and adventures in The Foreworld Saga across numerous eras and ages. They can be read in any order with or without prior knowledge of The Foreworld Saga.

Many were displeased with the “peace” King Richard of England brokered in the Holy Land, and his return from the Crusades wasn’t greeted with cheers, but rather shackles. Now a “guest” of the Holy Roman Emperor, the Lion-Hearted is being held for an exorbitant ransom…so much money that it seems unlikely that the silver will make its way from Britain to Germany.

For converging on the caravan are a number of groups with very different motives: French troops who want the silver to continue their war with the English, mercenaries intent on causing chaos, English longbowmen looking to protect their country’s future, and Shield-Brethren hoping to ensure King Richard’s freedom.

With a surprising cast of characters, The Lion in Chains is a Foreworld SideQuest that illuminates a decisive moment in European history in an unexpected way, revealing another secret in the long-reaching narrative of the Shield-Brethren.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Release date: Oct 30, 2012
• ISBN: 9781469252902

Mark Teppo

Mark Teppo is the author of the Codex of Souls urban fantasy series and the hypertext dream narrative The Potemkin Mosaic. He is also a co-author of The Mongoliad trilogy. His next book is an eco-thriller entitled Earth Thirst.

Reviews for The Lion in Chains

[silke1098 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I very much enjoy the Mongoliad and Foreworld stories, just have a linguistic quibble: I keep hearing the jarring expression „on a regular basis“ in what is otherwise a valiant attempt at authenticity in terms of the language of the time and place(s) of action. This is bad enough in modern-day parlance, but should have no place in these tales. A shame, as it jolts me out of the atmosphere so lovingly (albeit sometimes gorily) recreated.