Manda Scott Books In Order

Boudica Books In Publication Order

  1. Dreaming the Eagle (2003)
  2. Dreaming the Bull (2004)
  3. Dreaming the Hound (2005)
  4. Dreaming the Serpent Spear (2006)

Capitaine Inés Picaut Books In Publication Order

  1. Into The Fire (2015)
  2. A Treachery of Spies (2018)

Kellen Stewart Books In Publication Order

  1. Hen’s Teeth (1996)
  2. Night Mares (1998)
  3. Stronger Than Death (1999)

Standalone Novels In Publication Order

  1. No Good Deed (2001)
  2. The Crystal Skull (2007)

Short Stories/Novellas In Publication Order

  1. A Vengeance of Spies (2019)

Non-Fiction Books In Publication Order

  1. 2012: Everything You Need to Know about the Apocalypse (2011)

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Manda Scott Books Overview

Dreaming the Eagle

Dreaming the Eagle is the first part of the gloriously imagined epic trilogy of the life of Boudica. Boudica means Bringer of Victory from the early Celtic word boudeg . She is the last defender of the Celtic culture in Britain; the only woman openly to lead her warriors into battle and to stand successfully against the might of Imperial Rome and triumph. It is 33 AD and eleven year old Breaca later named Boudica, the red haired daughter of one of the leaders of the Eceni tribe, is on the cusp between girl and womanhood. She longs to be a Dreamer, a mystical leader who can foretell the future, but having killed the man who has attacked and killed her mother, she has proven herself a warrior. Dreaming the Eagle is also the story of the two men Boudica loves most: Caradoc, outstanding warrior and inspirational leader; and B n, her half brother, who longs to be a warrior, though he is manifestly a Dreamer, possibly the finest in his tribe’s history. B n becomes the Druid whose eventual return to the Celts is Boudica s salvation. Dreaming the Eagle is full of brilliantly realised, luminous scenes as the narrative sweeps effortlessly from the epic where battle scenes are huge, bloody, and action packed to the intimate. Manda Scott plunges us into the unforgettable world of tribal Britain in the years before the Roman invasion: a world of druids and dreamers and the magic of the gods where the natural world is as much a character as any of the people who live within it, a world of warriors who fight for honour as much as victory, a world of passion, courage and spectacular heroism pitched against overwhelming odds. Dreaming the Eagle stunningly recreates the roots of a story so powerful its impact has lasted through the ages. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Dreaming the Bull

The second part of the stunning fictionalization of the life of Britain’s warrior queen, Boudica, immerses us in a world of druids and dreamers, warriors and lovers, passion and courage. Originally a trilogy, this is now a four part series. Boudica means Bringer of Victory from the early Celtic word boudeg . She was the last defender of the Celtic culture; the only woman openly to lead her warriors into battle and to stand successfully against the might of Imperial Rome and triumph. Book one, Dreaming the Eagle, took readers from Boudica s girlhood with the Eceni tribe to the climax of the two day battle when she and her lover, Caradoc, faced the invading Romans. Believing her dead, Breaca s beloved brother, B n, joined the Roman cause. Dreaming the Bull, the second book in this compelling series, continues the intertwined stories of Boudica, and B n, now an officer in the Roman cavalry. They stand on opposite sides in a brutal war of attrition between the occupying army and the defeated tribes, each determined to see the other dead. In a country under occupation, Caradoc, lover to Breaca, is caught and faces the ultimate penalty. Only B n has the power to save him, and B n has spent the past ten years denying his past. Treachery divides these two; heroism brings them together again, changed out of all recognition but it may not be enough to heal the wounds. Dreaming the Bull is a heart stopping story of war and of peace; of love, passion and betrayal; of druids and warring gods, where each life is sacred and each death even more so; and where Breaca and B n learn the terrible distances they must travel to fulfill their own destinies. Through the summer, Cunomar came to recognize two different kinds of warriors. The smaller group consisted of those few men and women still alive who had known his mother before the two day battle against the invading legions. These were her friends and they called her Breaca in the way Cunomar s father and the innermost circle of the honour guard still did. The rest, who had met her only in battle or, worse, knew her only by reputation, gave the warrior s salute in a way that was subtly different and hailed her as the Boudica, bringer of victory. She didn t enjoy that, but in the short span of his life, Cunomar had watched his mother become more comfortable with name, so that it settled on her like a worn cloak and she did not stiffen at the sound of it. He had heard her use the word herself for the first time that morning as a cold dawn sharpened the air and Nemain, the moon, lowered into her bed in the mountains. Breaca had stood on the back of her mare and addressed the massed ranks of warriors and dreamers, naming them all Boudegae, bringers of victory, and swearing before them that she would fight for as long as it took to rid the land of the invader. from Dreaming the BullFrom the Trade Paperback edition.

Dreaming the Hound

In a spellbinding novel of gods and men, myth and brutality, acclaimed author Manda Scott returns to her heralded saga of a world under siege. For here is the epic tale of Boudica, the legendary Celtic queen, and her embattled Eceni tribe a bold new work of imaginative fiction that takes us on a thrilling journey into a clash between magic and mankind.

To the Eceni tribe of Britannia, nature is the ultimate god, and warriors are joined in battle by the voices and spirits of their ancestors. But the proud Eceni are running out of time. Nero’s army, long since out of patience with Britannia s wild tribes, is becoming increasingly oppressive. And Boudica s family is at the center of a gathering storm: Cunomar, Boudica s son, who longs for the mettle to kill as fiercely as his mother Graine, her young daughter, gifted with the power of dreamers, scarred forever by the horrors of war…
and Boudica s brother, born B n of the Eceni, turned the traitor Valerius a man caught between worlds: warrior and dreamer, Roman and Eceni.

As conflict erupts between the tribes and their brutal invaders, Boudica is forced to make a bold sacrifice. Cloaking her identity, she will travel directly into the stronghold of an enemy who longs for her crucifixion. What happens next in a brutal drama of betrayal, heroism, and sacrifice will leave Boudica with no options but one: to raise and arm every warrior, every dreamer, every tribe and push the invader and its legions back into the sea.

From the thundering hooves of the Eceni s great horses to mystical spirit quests of young warriors, from the politics of an empire to the passions of lovers, Dreaming the Hound takes us on a breathtaking journey of the imagination at once brutal, fantastical, and utterly unforgettable.


MAGNIFICENT PRAISE FOR MANDA SCOTT S BOUDICA SAGA

Dreaming the Hound

Extraordinary. Independent, UK

Brilliantly imaginative. Colchester Evening Gazette, UK

Dramatic Vivid Lyrical. Yorkshire Evening Post, UK

One of Britain s most famous legends is retold here with extraordinary immediacy. Our Time, UK

Irresistible an excellent read. Diva, UK

Dreaming the Bull

Enthralling Mesmerising Creates a living past of battle feats, betrayals, heart breaking loyalties and cruelties. Publishing News, UK

Thrilling Readers will be swept away. Booklist, starred review

Dreaming the Eagle

A powerful novel about one of the most intriguing and mysterious women in history Alive with the love, deceit, wisdom and heroics of humanity. Read it and enjoy! Jean M. Auel

The new Mary Renault Intensely exciting, a tale of passion, courage and heroism against huge odds. Publishing News, UK

Dreaming the Serpent Spear

The fourth and final novel in the magnificent saga of Britain’s warrior queen Boudica Bringer of Victory and the last defender of the Celtic culture will capture readers hearts and minds, as Manda Scott brings the series to a stunning close. It is AD 60 and the flame of rebellion that has been smouldering for 20 years of Roman occupation has flared into a conflagration that will consume the land and all who live in it. There is no going back. Boudica has been flogged and her daughters raped, and her son has burned a Roman watchtower in an act of blatant insurgency. This is the time to act: the Roman governor has marched his legions west to destroy the druidic stronghold of Mona, leaving his capital and a vital seaport hopelessly undefended in the face of twenty thousand warriors aching for vengeance. But to crush the legions for all time, Boudica must do more than lead her army in the greatest rebellion Britain has ever known. She must find healing for herself, for the land, and for Graine, her 8 year old daughter, who has taken refuge on Mona. Is revenge worth it under any circumstances, or is the cost more than anyone can bear?Colchester is burning and London is lost without hope. Amidst fire and bloody revolution a battle that will change the face and spirituality of a nation for centuries to come Boudica and those around her must find what matters most, now and for ever.

Hen’s Teeth

At midnight in Glasgow, Dr. Kellen Stewart learns that her ex lover Bridget who was only 41 died of cardiac arrest. With the help of her pathologist friend, Kellen follows the evidence to Bridget’s farm, where she encounters a strange menagerie of priceless hens, lethal eggs, vanishing corpses, and bio medical marvels to die for.

Night Mares

A deadly infection…
A race against time…
An investigation that leads to your worst…
Night Mares

Something is very wrong at Nina Crawford’s veterinary surgery on the outskirts of Glasgow. Despite all her medical efforts, a deadly strain of bacteria is killing every horse that pas*ses through her operating theatre. And the vicious nightmares that once plagued Nina have returned, pushing her to the very brink of suicide unless her psychiatrist and friend Kellen Stewart can save her from going over the edge.

Kellen is mystified. Why, after such steady progress, should Nina’s mental state deteriorate? Even more deaths at Nina’s surgery and a suspicious fire at her home threaten to crumble Nina’s fragile defenses. It’s a case that will push Kellen over a line she never thought she’d cross and before it’s over, she’ll risk not only her profession, but her very life.

Stronger Than Death

Sometimes tragedies come in waves. First Eric, irrepressible, indestructible, climbing alone. Second Joey choking, drunk though not much more so than usual the night after his great triumph. But then there was the statistician, overdosing on Flatliners he thought were something else. Three is a series, not a coincidence: three men dead, three colleagues with a shared past. A past that is shared by the one person Kellen Stewart would trust with her life, pathologist Lee Adams. Suspect number one.

No Good Deed

Her writing has been called powerful and subtle, The Times, U.K. her plotting original and shiver count high. The Times, U.K. Now Manda Scott has written a powerful thriller debut, the terrifying tale of a lone woman pitted against an enigmatic killer a man who deals out death without a second thought…
. No Good DeedFor Detective Inspector Orla McLeod, violence is a way of life. As a child, her own world was ripped apart by a brutal, unforgettable moment of terror. So when the Special Branch operation she is spearheading goes disastrously wrong, she will do everything she can to protect the nine year old boy caught in the cross fire. For Jamie Buchanan was the sole witness to an act of savagery committed in cold blood by a man rapidly becoming one of the most feared criminals in Europe. Orla and her partner, Luke Tyler, had risked their lives to infiltrate Tord Svensen’s criminal world. Together they had gone deep undercover in a Glasgow tenement to get close enough to bring him down. Then in a series of harrowing events, everything in Orla s life would change forever. Now Orla finds herself haunted by the memory of what happened and tormented by the guilt she feels over her own survival. What keeps her going are the promises she made to her partner Luke and to orphaned Jamie Buchanan. Jamie is the only person who s seen Tord Svensen s face, the only one able to ID him. Officially pulled off the Svensen case, Orla spirits Jamie away to the only place she feels safe, a lonely cottage under the shadow of a snowcapped Scottish mountain. But there will be no sanctuary for them in the Highlands. For, like Orla, the hunter who pursues them knows exactly what to do to survive. And that means putting both Orla and her vulnerable young charge in the grave. Chilling, intense, and stylishly written, No Good Deed places Manda Scott among the forefront of today s best thriller writers. From the Hardcover edition.

The Crystal Skull

In a spellbinding blend of history, myth, and science, bestselling novelist Manda Scott unleashes a thriller that sweeps from the secrets of the Mayans to the court of a sixteenth century queen to a shattering end times prophecy.

It’s a lump of rock, Stella; nothing more. No stone is worth dying for.

Except it s not just a lump of rock. It s a blue crystal skull made by the Maya to save the world from ruin; a sapphire so perfect, so powerful that for centuries men have killed to own or destroy it.

Ancient prophecies say that if the thirteen skulls already in existence are not reunited, the world will end on December 21, 2012. Cedric Owen, the skull s last Keeper, died so that it might keep its secret for the next four centuries. Now Stella Cody has found it, and someone has already tried to kill her. Like Owen, she s being hunted but by whom?

Desperate to unravel the mystery of The Crystal Skull, Stella must decode Cedric Owen s coded writings, sketches and ciphers no scholar has been able to unravel. What she discovers is astounding: a shocking secret prophecy and the staggering puzzle of four terrifying creatures, thirteen precious stones, and what will happen if Cedric Owen s crystal skull falls into the wrong hands. But time is against Stella. She has only days hours left to uncover the only secret that may yet save the world.

12. 21. 12
The date is set. Time is running out.
The end of the world starts now.

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