Swagman

The Guardians of Time, #1

Reeks: The Guardians of Time

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  • What
  • if
  • Waltzing
  • Matilda's
  • Swagman
  • didn't
  • die
  • when
  • he
  • jumped
  • into
  • the
  • lake?What
  • if
  • he
  • ended
  • up
  • in
  • medieval
  • England
  • embroiled
  • in
  • a
  • plot
  • to
  • set
  • a
  • new
  • king
  • on
  • the
  • throne?For
  • once
  • in
  • his
  • life
  • Swagman
  • John
  • is
  • lost
  • for
  • words.
  • Accused
  • of
  • stealing
  • the
  • lamb
  • he
  • rescued
  • fears
  • being
  • thrown
  • in
  • jail.
  • But
  • instead
  • of
  • protesting
  • his
  • innocence
  • he
  • backs
  • into
  • the
  • waters
  • of
  • the
  • billabong
  • and
  • falls.
  • Certain
  • he
  • is
  • dead,
  • John
  • cannot
  • believe
  • the
  • lamb
  • when
  • he
  • tells
  • him
  • he
  • has
  • been
  • brought
  • through
  • a
  • time
  • and
  • space
  • portal
  • to
  • Medieval
  • England.
  • When
  • Mistress
  • Barabal
  • and
  • Squire
  • Stanislaus
  • stumble
  • upon
  • John
  • in
  • the
  • New
  • Forest
  • he
  • is
  • taken
  • back
  • to
  • Winchester
  • Castle
  • where
  • he
  • actually
  • finds
  • the
  • King
  • has
  • been
  • killed
  • and
  • his
  • brother
  • Prince
  • Henry
  • is
  • about
  • preparing
  • to
  • take
  • his
  • place
  • and
  • his
  • new
  • friends
  • are
  • assisting
  • him.Suddenly
  • talking
  • lambs
  • are
  • the
  • least
  • of
  • his
  • worries.Caught
  • up
  • in
  • political
  • intrigues
  • he
  • does
  • not
  • fully
  • understand,
  • John
  • finds
  • dungeons
  • and
  • magic
  • are
  • not
  • just
  • for
  • fairy
  • tales,
  • and
  • that
  • there
  • are
  • people
  • prepared
  • to
  • go
  • to
  • great
  • lengths
  • to
  • see
  • William
  • the
  • Conquerer's
  • other
  • son
  • crowned
  • king—even
  • as
  • far
  • as
  • murder.
  • Just
  • as
  • John
  • wonders
  • if
  • going
  • to
  • prison
  • for
  • stealing
  • sheep
  • was
  • not
  • a
  • better
  • option
  • all
  • along,
  • he
  • finds
  • there
  • is
  • an
  • even
  • more
  • sinister
  • foe
  • meddling
  • in
  • with
  • history.Against
  • such
  • odds
  • how
  • can
  • John
  • set
  • history
  • straight
  • so
  • he
  • can
  • return
  • home
  • to
  • his family?
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