Scavengers from the Sea is the first novel in a new Historical Fiction series, A Legend of the English . It is a tale of hope and despair, treachery and heroism, fear and courage, love lost, and love found. Based on a sixth-century English Legend, our thriller follows the fortunes of two Anglo-Saxon boys and a younger sister, seized from their homeland to be sold into slavery. Heartbreakingly, Tola, the girl becomes separated and her brother Alric is haunted by the knowledge that he has failed to protect her. The sight of these two fair-haired Anglo-Saxons, Alric and Cadmon, arriving at a slave market in Rome, ultimately inspires Pope Gregorius to reach out to the Anglo-Saxon people of Cantia. The youngsters enter a world that is ruthless in the search of kingdoms, where Rome is in crisis, Constantinople in moral decline, and Francia torn apart by internecine warfare. Meanwhile, the Kingdom of Cantia waits at the crossroads.