Balefire Author:Nigel Tranter In the chaos that follows the massacre of the Scots army at Flodden in 1513, Simon Armstrong, a young Scottish laird, lies wounded and helpless on the battlefield. Only the desperate promise of a huge ransom persuades and English knight, Abel Ridley, to spare his life. Yet this dramatic event is only the beginning of Armstrong's fight for surv... more »ival, and he is soon in mortal danger once when he falls into the hads of Ridley's ruthless master, the dangerous and worldly Prior of Hexham.« less