The Douglas Bastard (Archibald the Grim, #1)

A sequel to The Black Douglas Trilogy

The Black Douglas is dead. With their great knight no more, the throne of Scotland is up for grabs as enemies try to devour the kingdom.

An orphaned youth returning from exile, Archibald, the Black Douglas's bastard son, fights for a land being torn apart from within and without. If Archibald is to survive, he must learn to sleep with a claymore in his hand and one eye open because even his closest friend might betray him...

This is an adventure set in the bloody Second Scottish War of Independence when Scotland's very survival is in question.