The Empty Throne: Book 8 (The Last Kingdom Series)

“The Empty Throne” is the eighth installment in Bernard Cornwell’s The Saxon Stories series, first published in October 2014. Set in 10th-century Mercia and Dyfed, the novel continues the saga of Uhtred of Bebbanburg, a Saxon-born warrior with a Viking heart, as he navigates the turbulent political and military landscapes of early medieval Britain.