When King Arthur faces a challenge for his crown from the restored Roman Empire, he must call his supporters from every corner of the British Isles. One knight, Sir Lucan – the Black Wolf of the North – has more reason than most to join the coming campaign: his beautiful wife, Trelawna, hoping to lead a new, better life in Italy, has absconded with a young Roman officer.
Lucan’s squire, Alaric, fears for his overlord’s soul after a battle with the Penahrrow worm taints his blood; but is more afraid still for the safety of Lady Trelawna, whom he always loved from a distance. Meanwhile, the Roman family she has fallen in with are the corrupt and influential Malconi clan, and their matriarchal head is the sorceress Zalmyra. She sees it as her motherly duty to stop Lucan, with every demonic force she can summon…
To date, he's had ten books and nearly 300 stories and novellas published on both sides of the Atlantic. His first collection, AFTERSHOCKS, won the British Fantasy Award in 2002, while he won the award again in 2007 for his novella, KID. Later in 2007, he won the International Horror Guild Award for his mid-length story, THE OLD NORTH ROAD. Most recently, he has written two DOCTOR WHO audio dramas for Big Finish - LEVIATHAN and SENTINELS OF THE NEW DAWN, and is now busy writing a third. His no-holds-barred cop novel, THE NICE GUYS CLUB, will be published by Leisure Books in early 2010. Paul has also written scripts for several movie adaptations of his own stories and novellas. One of these, THE DEVIL'S ROCK, is currently in pre-production and will be filmed in New Zealand, while a second, THE FREEZE, will go into pre-production in late summer, to be filmed in Canada.
Paul lives in Wigan, Lancashire, with his wife Cathy and his children, Eleanor and Harry.
