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Æthelstan and his younger half-brother Ælfweard are the main candidates to succeed the ailing Edward. It becomes clear that the revolt was fomented by Æthelhelm the Younger in an attempt to kill Æthelstan. When he gets there, he realises he has been lied to the besieged, led by Æthelstan, were in no real danger, and the enemy are soon defeated. So when there is a Mercian revolt against Edward, he rides with Finan and about 90 veteran warriors to relieve the siege of Ceaster. Yet he still feels bound by an oath he took to protect Æthelstan, his friend, protege and Edward's oldest son.

Uhtred ignores Edward's summons to swear fealty to him, and his Mercian lands are forfeited, but Uhtred is content with his beloved Bebbanburg. Edward, King of Wessex, seizes the opportunity to take over her kingdom. Æthelflaed, Uhtred's on-again, off-again lover and ruler of Mercia, dies. It is the next stage in a long story that has many fans. In this novel Uhtred is finally secure in his childhood home, Bebbanburg. It is set in 10th-century England and continues to follow the fortunes of the fictional Uhtred of Bebbanburg. War of the Wolf is the eleventh historical novel in The Saxon Stories series by Bernard Cornwell.

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