When the law is used to oppress the helpless, justice can only come from an outlaw. England in AD1190 isn’t so merrie. While King Richard the Lionheart crusades in the Holy Land his country is torn apart by his venal brother Prince John, by powerful barons, by scheming churchmen, by ruthless marauders. The very men charged to protect the people become their tyrants. Robin Hood: Arrow of Justice tells the story of a young man inspired to do remarkably dangerous things by a remarkably dangerous young woman. As Robin Hood's tricks stir up the people to question their oppressors, the scheming Sheriff of Nottingham plots the outlaw’s downfall. Including some of Robin’s most famous feats, including competing for the Golden Arrow at the Sheriff’s archery contest and helping Alan a Dale to rescue his bride from a cruel forced marriage, this volume brings the swashbuckling scofflaw together once more with the feisty Maid Marion to shake the foundations of Prince John’s England. Here's a link to my Robin Hood homepage where there are stand-alone sections of Robin Hood: King of Sherwood and Robin Hood: Arrow of Justice for your reading delight. "Robin Hood: Arrow of Justice" ISBN: 1-613420-27-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-61342-027-0 Produced by Airship 27 Published by Cornerstone Books Release date: 12/07/2011 Retail Price: $16.95 $3 digital PDF also available very soon at The Airship 27 hangar

I always pictured him dark haired...

Great news. I will also try to look for it in christmas times

I've been commissioned to write a short Robin Hood story for a magazine to act as an "advert" for the book - not an extract of the novel, a seperate yarn. And yesterday I wrote the script for the comic-book tie-in, again a seperate narrative. I'm told that won't be out for quite a while though; the artist's expected to take 8-12 weeks.

In 12th Century England, hair colour was almost a racially telling as skin colour today. The Saxons and Vikings were red-haired. The Norman conquerors were Aryan blonde. Locals of old Roman lineage were dark-haired. The three types mingled a lot but most of England's rulers - and a lot of their bastards - were blonde. A lady with noble Saxon and Norman ancestry might well be red-headed.




Let me know if you have problems finding it. Apparently the last one was banned in Australia according to Al B. (or at least the shipping there cost more than the entire print run).