About the Book

Armourer Book One of the Burgundii is a novel based on the medieval lays of Hildebrandslied and Fall of the Nibelung. These fairy tales are a blend of real and fantastic characters, set in fifth century Europe in the midst of the struggle for power and land. The Armourer is Hildebrand.  He is one of thousands of the Barbarians that flooded west of the Rhine in the wake of Attila’s lust for power and unquenchable thirst for blood.
 
Exiled in disgrace for twenty years from his homeland of Burgundii, Hildebrand forged his name under the service of Honorius, Emperor of Rome and the brothers Alaric and Ataulf, Kings of the Goth. But now he wants to come home. Home to a family he destroyed and to a son and daughter of whom he knows nothing.
 
Hildebrand dreams of being back in his homeland and he enlists the help of Balmung, King of the Nibelung, true owners of the stolen hoard. The treasure of red gold, taken brutally by Sigfried.  The plan is elaborate but Hildebrand did not count on the love of a young girl and the ruling brothers of  Burgundii getting in his way.