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About the book
Publication Date : 26th February 2026
Publisher : Larbok Creative
Genre : Historical
Page Count : 326 pages
Series / Standalone : Tacnbora Book One
Blurb
A warrior-monk. A divided north. A war built on lies.
Britain, 6th and 7th centuries. The northern kingdoms are divided, war threatens on every horizon, and faith is becoming a tool of power.
Findlugán mac Cobthach (Finn) is a warrior-monk raised by Saint Columba. Trained in arms by the kings of Dál Riata and shaped by the faith of Hy and the Picts, he is sent as an emissary between rival thrones. His mission is simple to say and hard to do: keep the peace.
But a smooth-tongued pretender is stirring old grudges into open conflict, and Finn is drawn into a world of dangerous loyalties, shifting alliances, and blood-price decisions. As old gods fade and a divided new faith spreads, families turn on family and rulers fall or are driven into exile. Finn must decide when words can hold the line—and when only steel will do.
Tacnbora (Anglo-Saxon) for “standard-bearer”—is inspired by an unnamed man buried at the threshold of the Great Palace at Ad Gefrin. This is the life he might have lived.
About Aidan K. Morrissey
Aidan is a published author of novels, poetry, and short fiction. His debut novel, The Awakening Aten (2019), was followed by The Atenisti, a fast-paced international thriller praised for its gritty realism. His latest work, Tácnbora: Exile and Pagans, is the first in a historical series set in early medieval Northumbria, with the second book forthcoming.
Alongside his writing, Aidan is the founder of Larbok Creative, offering creative writing services, manuscript assessment, and mentoring for writers. He runs one of the UK’s most active creative writing groups, with around 200 members, and is a UK editor for Historical Novel Review as well as a reader and judge for several international writing competitions.
A lawyer by profession, Aidan has lived and worked in Italy, Germany, Brazil, the United States, and India, experiences that continue to shape his writing and storytelling. He is now based in Northumberland, where the landscape and history inspire his work.
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