title: Heirs of the Demon King: Uprising
author:  Sarah Cawkwell 
description: Sarah Cawkwell is an English author based in the North East. Old enough to know better, she's still young enough not to care. Married, with a son and two intellectually challenged cats, she's been a writer for many years, contributing to the Warhammer universe. When not slaving away over a hot keyboard, Sarah's hobbies include reading everything and anything, running around in fields with swords screaming incomprehensibly. Her minimum bribe level is one chocolate orange.
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  ## Demon Sword
  
  
    
  
  
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  _( The Years of Longdirk - 1 )_
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Ken Hood
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  In the lands of a fanciful Renaissance Europe, the king is a hunted outlaw.
  Meanwhile, a young man with dreams of becoming a prizefighter has his plans
  waylaid when he's placed under a spell giving him demonic powers-or are they
  the powers of the king? An exciting heroic fantasy in the spirit of Robin
  Hood.
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Demon Sword
  
  
  ## by Ken Hood
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## PART ONE
  
  
  ## A Day in the Life
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### CHAPTER ONE
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  "Hey, bastard!"
  
  
  The voice rang out in challenge from somewhere at Toby Strangerson's back. He
  did not look around. A defensive reflex made his right leg twitch, but he
  overruled it and brought his foot down firmly on the dirt. Without breaking
  stride, he continued his hurried walk along the road.
  
  
  "I'm talking to you, bastard!"
  
  
  It sounded like Vik Tanner. Women gossiping at their