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On Mysterious Events we’ll be taking a look at some of the less well-known unsolved mysteries of the world. Hauntings, strange disappearances, unexplained deaths, alien abductions, eldritch places, weird phenomena, true crime, the paranormal/supernatural, and lots more topics that might be described as ”Fortean” or uncanny! Steven A. McKay is an author with a lifelong interest in mysterious events - join him on each episode to delve into the dark places of the world and beyond... https://stevenamckay.blogspot.com/

Un ataque inesperado deja la aldea de Dun Buic convertida en un montón de escombros y a muchos aldeanos muertos. Mientras los supervivientes intentan comprender lo ocurrido, el rey de Alt Clota le encarga a Bellicus, un joven guerrero druida, la misión de dar caza a los asaltantes, ya que estos se han llevado a su hija, la princesa Catia.

At eight years old, Lucia is torn from the life she knew. Her village burned to the ground and parents murdered by Romans, she is kidnapped, sold and shipped abroad to the Villa Tempestatis in Britannia to serve the young Roman army officer Castus. Faced with a bleak future of decades of servitude to her master, as well as sadistic brutality at the hands of his slave and manageress, Paltucca, she finds herself fixated by one thought alone. Fuelled by hatred and a belief that the gods saved her for a reason, she vows to never taste freedom until she gets her revenge.

Nordbritannien, 430 n. Chr. Ein Land in Aufruhr. Ein Dorf in Flammen. Eine Königstochter wird entführt. Nach einem Überraschungsangriff liegt Dun Buic in rauchenden Ruinen und viele unschuldige Dorfbewohner sind tot. Während die Überlebenden versuchen, die Ereignisse der Nacht zu verstehen...

His reign must come to an end. But his legacy will live on forever. After thwarting the scourge of the Viking hordes that had decimated Britain for decades, King Alfred assured a period of peace and prosperity for the kingdom of Wessex. The dream of uniting all Anglo-Saxons under one, noble...

A war to shape the future of a nation. Betrayed by his kinsmen, his forces overrun by Danes, King Alfred of Wessex has retreated deep into the marshes of his homeland, lying in wait for his chance at redemption. The scourge of the heathen horde that has ravaged the kingdom for decades is at its...

Heavy is the head that wears the crown. Northumbria, AD 864. Viking warlord Ragnar Lothbrok is captured and killed in brutal fashion, an event that will shape the future of the nation for decades to come. Mercia, AD 868. Alfred, son of Wessex and heir to the throne, draws his first blood on the...