This man speaks of hell and brimstone, sets rigid rules and structure, and strikes fear in the heart of both the brothers and the local villagers. A new abbot is sent, one who is not nearly as enlightened as Theo. Both Caius’ lover and abbot are killed, the monastery virtually destroyed, and the peaceful life he lived all but over. Though the brothers have mostly avoided trouble, one night the small band of monks is brutally attacked by Vikings looking for a treasure that the brothers do not have. He has a gentle lover in one of the brothers, a friend in a local woman who teaches him about herbs and medicine, and a beloved teacher in his abbot, Theo, a man of both science and God.īut despite the beauty of the dunes and coastline, danger always lurks at the hands of the Viking invaders who travel across the sea to pillage and destroy. Although Cai has never found that true spiritual calling that many of the brothers feel, nor does he hear the voice of God, he is content with the peace and beauty of his life. But Caius didn’t want that life and instead left his father’s home to join a local monastery on the rugged coast of the North Sea. The oldest son of a local chieftan, Caius had his life mapped out to one day take over for his father and his life of farming, raiding, feasting, and sexual conquest. Year 687 Christian Era, Britannia, northeast coast
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