Their Wicked Schemes
Menewood (The Light of the World, volume 2)
By Nicola Griffith
2023’s Menewood: A Novel is the second volume in Nicola Griffith’s historical sequence, Light of the World1.
Centuries after the Roman exit, Britain is a violent, chaotic land, overrun by waves of continental invaders, beset by ambitious petty kings. Some might dream of a heroic king to unite the land. Certainly some dream of being that king.
Hild on the other hand is a realist who accepts and understands the world around her as it is. War will come. It is Hild’s task to make sure that those about whom she cares will survive it. She cannot expect total success, but she will do her best.