James Leeonidus, a captain in the British legion finds himself at the centre of the Battle of Hastings 1066 but in a moment of honour saved the French leader William of Normandy. He is now a retired captain and promised he can hang up his boots and hide away his sword. However his wife Jane has a past she has not shared and he soon finds he is called to arms again with a companion called Russell Alexander a young boy trained by the king himself. Can they save his wife or will the elements of power his enemy’s posse’s stop him?