by J. K. Swift

4.4 stars - 7 reviews

Kindle Price: $2.99

Supports Us with Commissions Earned

Text-to-Speech and Lending: Enabled

“Re-imagining the William Tell legend—without William Tell.”

Here's the set-up:

A wild land too mountainous to be tamed by plows… A Duke of the Holy Roman Empire, his cunning overshadowed only by his ambition… A young Priestess of the Old Religion, together with a charismatic outlaw, sparking a rebellion from deep within the forests… And an ex-Hospitaller caught between them all. At the end of the thirteenth century, five hundred orphans and second sons are rounded up from villages in the Alpine countryside and sold to the Hospitaller Knights of St John. Trained to serve as Soldiers of Christ, they fight in eastern lands they know nothing about, for a cause they do not understand. Thomas Schwyzer, released from his vows by the Grandmaster of the Hospitallers, returns to the land of his birth a stranger. Once a leader of men, and captain of the Order’s most famous war galley, he now settles into the simple life of a ferryman. He believes this new role to be God’s reward for years of faithful service fighting the Infidel in Outremer.Seraina, considered a witch by most, a healer by some, is a young woman with a purpose. A Priestess of the Old Religion, and the last Druid disciple of the Helvetii Celts, she has been gifted by the Great Weave to see what others cannot. Her people need her guidance and protection now more than ever. For Duke Leopold of Habsburg, in his efforts to control the St. Gotthard Pass, builds a great Austrian fortress in Altdorf. Once finished, the Habsburg occupation will be complete, but the atrocities visited upon her people will have just begun. Set in medieval Switzerland, ALTDORF, a novel of The Forest Knights, is the first book in a two-book series.

One Reviewer Notes:

...This historical fiction, is delicately carved and shaped by J. K. Swift, to feel as rich and golden as a fantasy novel, but textured and tensioned with historical truths. The crisp detail will leave you humbled, while the breadth of the characters will steal your heart and leave you dreaming of alpine meadows, dense forests and raging storms. But that's not all...it has love, hatred, sharpened steel, mighty crossbows and of course...ale! Altdorf is not to be missed...don't go thirsty!

UK CUSTOMERS: Click on the title below to download
ALTDORF (The Forest Knights)

Each day’s list is sponsored by one paid title. We encourage you to support our sponsors and thank you for considering them.

Free Contemporary Titles in the Kindle Store

Welcome to Kindle Nation’s magical and revolutionary Free Book Search Tool — automatically updated and refreshed in real time, now with Category Search! Use the drop-down menu (in red caps next to the menu bar near the top of the page) to search for free Kindle books by genre or category, then sort the list just the way you want it — by date added, bestselling, or review rating! But there’s no need to sort by price — because they’re all free!