Smith, Skye

In 1070 William the Conqueror finally made a mistake. He was taking his army from York to Chester by crossing the Pennines in the winter using the old Roman road to Manchester. The Hood were waiting for him at Blackstone Edge. This is Book 5 of the series.

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Published: 2008

Hoodsman: Courtesans and Exiles

The 7th in the Hoodsman series. After six years of murderous repression by the Normans, by 1072, the English nobility is either dead or in exile. With little hope of ever regaining their estates, the exiles seek work as mercenaries to fight Normans on the continent. Hereward and Raynar are exiles in Flanders. When Robert the Frisian asks them to help the young King of France, they do.

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Published: 2002

Maya's Aura: The Crystal Witch

Smith, Skye

In this sixth naughty novel of magic and mayhem, Maya travels to Cambridge, England in search of her roots. There she meets a formidable witch, and together they set up a Wicca Ashram. The woman has a collection of ancient crystal pendants, domr of which cause Maya to have vivid psychic dreams about the lives of women who died a thousand years ago. What she learns turns history upside down.

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Published: 1992

Maya's Aura: Destroy the Tea Party

Smith, Skye

In the eighth novel in the series, Maya is lost in the psychic dreams of her ancestor Britta in Boston in 1773. Britta is working at a dead end job in a coffee shop to pay off her debts. The economy is bad due to corrupt bankers and politicians. Multinationals are crushing local businesses, and hard working folk are loosing their homes. Customers are talking revolt, and she is dragged into it.

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Published: 1995

Pistoleer: Pirates

Smith, Skye

In 1638 two English friends, Daniel Vanderus and Robert Blake, sailed home from the war-torn Dutch Republic. The two had met while riding as pistoleers in the Dutch Militia. Pistoleers were mounted skirmishers who targetted the Empire's officers. As their ship rowed up the River Great Ouse towards Ely, a girl's call for help linked their futures to Oliver, the tithe collector of Ely.

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Published: 1996

Pistoleer: Invasion

Smith, Skye

In the winter of 1642/43, while King Charles was hiding in Oxford, his wife Henrietta was in The Hague pawning the English crown jewels, buying an army, and chartering ships to invade England. In February the invasion convoy was spotted off the North Sea port of Lowestoft by a small English ship. The ship's crew included Daniel Vanderus and a dragoon captain named Robert Blake.

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Published: 2000

Hoodsman: Ely Wakes

Smith, Skye

In 1070 the English sought vengeance against the Normans for the Harrowing of the North. A gruesome murder turns young Raynar into a Berserker, and he organizes the bowmen who had nothing left to loose, into Wolfpacks who hunted down and slaughtered any Norman's they found. The Ely rebellion was the monster that the Pope and all Kings feared the most. A peasant revolt.

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Published: 2003

Hoodsman: The Second Invasion

Smith, Skye

In the early 1080’s all of the English, including Raynar, are lulled into a false sense of security by the peace and fat times of the anarchy caused by a power vacuum. False because when the Norman duke of southern Italy unexpectedly dies in 1085, warriors return to Normandy and King William uses them to invade England for the second time. They bring with them the biblical Four Horsemen.

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Published: 2016

Hoodsman: Popes and Emperors

Smith, Skye

By 1081, Normans are leaving England to join the Norman duke of the southern half of Italy, who is invading Byzantine Illyria (now Albania). The English warriors who were pushed out of England by the Normans now rally to the Byzantine flag and thus Dyrrhachium becomes the biggest battle ever between English and Normans. It's outcome was pivotal for England, Venice, Rome, and Constantinople.

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Published: 2005

Maya's Aura: The Charred Coven

Smith, Skye

In this fifth naughty novel of magic and mayhem, Maya travels to Cambridge, England in search of her roots. After partying at the infamous Strawberry Faire with some witchlets (just out of the broom closet) she goes with them to a Witches’ Sabbat. There she meets all sorts of witches. Some skilled, some good, some fun, some fake, and some who are absolutely terrifying.

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Published: 2012

Maya's Aura: The Refining

Smith, Skye

Through her aura, Maya gains a surreal group of friends in Vancouver. She even gets a bit part in a vampire movie. The only trouble is that her aura is now so strong it is scary dangerous. As she learns how to control her aura, the mousy girl from the cafe blossoms into a sophisticated woman. And then her adventures really begin...

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Published: 2001