Lord Brocktree Dorothy Dunnett Paul Rayment is on the

Paul Rayment is on the threshold of a comfortable old age when a calamitous cycling accident results in the amputation of a leg

Tom and Hester are left drifting in the frozen Ice Wastes

now roam the land sowing sedition and a return to the bloodshed that swept over the country during the Great Rebellion seems certain

As their relationship develops

money laundering operations

Lord Brocktree Dorothy Dunnett Paul Rayment is on theSalamandastron, ancestral home of the Badger Lords is under threat from an enemy whose power is absolute and whose evil knows no bounds. Ungatt Trunn can make the stars fall from the sky, the very earth shake underfoot, and with a horde of vermin as numerous as the leaves in autumn, the wildcat appears unstoppable. The mountain's defences are weak. Who can save it now? Salamandastron's only hope is a badger, Lord Brocktree who is drawn to the fortress