Did you think the Normans won the Battle of Hastings in 1066? Think again! When thirteen-year-old Wulf went into battle against the Normans, his mother gave him a rune-stone, a good luck charm to wear round his neck. Not only did it keep him alive but the English won a great victory!

Now there is a premonition of evil. Dangerous magicians want the rune-stone and they will stop at nothing to get it.

Wulf suddenly finds himself drawn into a world of kidnap, intrigue and sorcery, along with his friends Oz, Bronwen and Abdul. As he struggles against monsters and evil powers, the ancient gods are helpless. Wulf learns to his horror that the fate of the world rests in his own hands…

A story of magic, mystery and the power of runes.

A thrilling read by a talented author – you won’t be able to put it down! (Penny Joelson)

As a student at Leeds, Jo specialised in mediaeval English, the language that developed from the Anglo Saxons and the Normans who defeated them at the Battle of Hastings. Before she became a writer, Jo taught children and young people in London schools from age three to 19.

This book brings together three worlds that fascinated Jo: the real historic world of the Anglo Saxons which the Normans brushed aside after they invaded; the myth worlds of the Anglo Saxons and the Celts before them; and fantasy worlds of authors such as JRR Tolkien, CS Lewis, Philip Pullman and JK Rowling. Jo was also a fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and liked to joke that, unlike Buffy, her hero Wulf doesn’t have to save the world ‘a lot’ - once is enough.

This is the second of Jo’s books to be published. Her first, Odd Fox Out, is a thrilling adventure about a fox who decides, rather inconveniently, that he can no longer eat meat. It is also published by SilverWood Books and available from booksellers and online.

A thrilling read by a talented author – you won’t be able to put it down!
Penny Joelson