The Deepening Night (The Kingdom of the East Angles book 3)
“From this height – over thirty feet above the grasslands – he had a magnificent view in every direction; especially on a day such as this. The sky was a clear, cloudless blue from one horizon to the other, and the sun warmed the exposed skin of Annan’s arms, shoulders and face.
‘Devil’s Dyke,’ as it had been named by locals, was just over two leagues from end-to-end. Annan’s forefathers had started work on it, nearly a hundred years earlier, but had then left it to deteriorate as other, more pr...essing, threats to the kingdom drew their attention. Even a century ago, the Wuffinga kings had sought to protect their land from the Mercians – even then they had known the danger their western neighbors presented.
Annan turned away from the approaching wagons, his gaze sweeping across the deep ditch that had been dug out of the western side. Black thorn and brambles filled the ditch in either direction, for as far as the eye could see, acting as a further defense.
Penda thinks he has beaten us, Annan thought, rebellious pride swelling within him.MoreLess
‘Devil’s Dyke,’ as it had been named by locals, was just over two leagues from end-to-end. Annan’s forefathers had started work on it, nearly a hundred years earlier, but had then left it to deteriorate as other, more pr...essing, threats to the kingdom drew their attention. Even a century ago, the Wuffinga kings had sought to protect their land from the Mercians – even then they had known the danger their western neighbors presented.
Annan turned away from the approaching wagons, his gaze sweeping across the deep ditch that had been dug out of the western side. Black thorn and brambles filled the ditch in either direction, for as far as the eye could see, acting as a further defense.
Penda thinks he has beaten us, Annan thought, rebellious pride swelling within him.MoreLess
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