the Glastonbury Chronicles Series

In the near future, Britain has given up its constitutional monarchy to become a republic. But though the crown is a museum piece and the family no longer bears its ancient titles, Stephen Windsor feels the stirrings of the lives of ancient Sacred Kings in his bones, which is not surprising as at key points in Britain’s history he has been reincarnated to perform the supreme kingly act. And though the throne is empty and forgotten, the Land remembers, and calls once more for a crown upon a royal head... and royal blood upon the ground! "History, mystery, steam, steel and blood - this one really does have it all!" Mark Ryan ("Transformers", "Robin of Sherwood", "King Arthur")

Steven and Kevin return to fulfil their destiny once again. But right from the beginning there is trouble - born as conjoined identical twins, it is impossible to know who was born first, heir to the throne, and who is to be the one who spills the sacred blood upon the ground. As if this is not enough, it seems that dark forces stir to disrupt the age-old rite, to keep them from their destiny, to deny the Land its due. Will they find its source before it is too late? And will the right blood be spilled if they do? "Once again, S. P. Hendrick takes us into the ever evolving relationship of Stephen and Kevin. And once again, Hendrick manages to weave the tapestry with satisfying results. Historical fiction that turns metal into gold and S. P. Hendrick is the alchemist...and a true storyteller. This one is nothing short of brilliant and a must read." Jesse V Coffey, author of "A Wager of Blood"

Earth was but a distant memory, lost in a cataclysm which rocked even the domed cities on Mars and had profound social and spiritual effect on the furthest planets colonised by Man. Once called New Britain, Britannia was the last remnant of a new British Empire, governed by the last in a long line of royalty which had made its bond with the Land of the home world. New Planet, New Rules. When Henry IX dies childless, the Crown falls to his cousin Stephen, first generation Britannian and last male heir of the Windsor family, who is of a spiritual line older still. Together with his soul-friend Richard Watkins he must learn the ways of the Land in which the vegetation is all tinged with blue, three moons hang in the sky, and even the boiling point of water changes at the whim of the weather. He must also manage to stay alive long enough to find out who has systematically been killing off his family, and why.

It’s been three generations since the Sacred King last poured out his blood to heal the planet Brittania. In the interim, the usurping "Common" government has driven the Old Ways to ground with its pseudo-science. The Windsor line has been hunted to extinction, records of the Old Faith and Sacred King destroyed, all religious practice forbidden, and the people are starving physically and spiritually. As the Sacred King and his Knight Protector Awaken in this dismal world, they quickly discover that the Gods have been very creative in preserving the bloodlines, history, and rites of the Sacred King. They even left a road map for them, but at least one copy has fallen into the wrong hands. Luckily for Geoffrey Spencer Robinson, Phillip MacGregor, and the people of Britannia, the old saying holds true: man plans while the Gods laugh. "If Robert Heinlein and Neil Gaiman had ever collaborated on a book series, it would probably look a lot like The Glastonbury Chronicles." "Hendrick blurs the lines of...well, everything...to delicious effect: time, space, the mystical and the mundane, gender, and relationships, to name a few." Laura Davis, Examiner.com Los Angeles

The Stone has sung, and once more Britannia has a King. Once more Stephen and Kevin Awaken to find the world they had left generations before seemingly secure and prosperous, yet they both know if they have been called back to serve the Lady and the Land there must be a Need. An old friend knows it too, and he has travelled light years to find the forgotten planet and the destiny which awaits them all, a destiny which began so far in the past that none of them can remember its beginning. Their paths have crossed again and again as the threads of their lives have woven the tapestry some call history, some call legend. Now in this fifth instalment of the Glastonbury Chronicles we find a Tale of the Dearg-Sidhe as the two tales converge in the far future to determine what may be the fate of all mankind, for an old darkness threatens the new world, and even the Blood of Kings may not be enough to stop it.

Something was not right. Britannia had all but healed from the revolution which had almost destroyed both Land and People. The Sidhe had returned to their ancient homeland, technology was slowly being restored and all should have been at peace, yet even the Land knew something was amiss. When Arthur stepped upon the stone to receive the Crown the Land cried out in more than ancient proclamation that this was the True King. It screamed! Almost as alarming as the temblor that devastated New Glastonbury was the news which Dubhghall brought his King: signals were being aimed at the far side of the planet, signals from beyond the three moons of Britannia, signals which seemed to mean an invasion. Could the Sidhe protect them, or was this the enemy from which They too had fled, an enemy whose very presence could lead to the end of all life? Throughout the Glastonbury Chronicles, Hendrick has shown that she deeply understands the purpose and passion of the ancient king sacrifice, the royal blood that restores the fertility of the land, better than anyone I’ve ever seen since Mary Renault. More than that, she makes you feel both the pain and the heady joy of fulfilling that destiny through the King and his Knight, this time unabashedly called Arthur and Gareth. A great adventure and a satisfying end. Maggie Secara, author of “The Dragon Ring” and “Molly September”