Falconer and the Great Beast Giles Kristian to be caught outside after

to be caught outside after dark means almost certain death

But while everyday life continues around her

work-obsessed and self-contained - makes an unexpected detour on the way home from the software company he owns and unwittingly takes the first step on a journey that will change his life

Scarlet is the first book in the Scarlet Revolution trilogy

Falconer and the Great Beast Giles Kristian to be caught outside afterIt is 1268, and Oxford is forced to play host to to the Tartars, a tribe from the East whose fierceness is legendary, and whose deeds have played havoc in France and Germany. Their arrival creates a sense of foreboding, and when the Tartar ambassador is found dead it looks like murder, or magic?