Hooded Man

Paul Kane

Jun 2013 · Abaddon Books

About this ebook

AFTER THE WORLD DIED, THE LEGEND WAS REBORN.

When civilisation shuddered and died, Robert Stokes lost everything, including his wife and his son. The ex-cop retreated into the woods near Nottingham, to live off the land and wait to join his family. As the world descended into a new Dark Age, he turned his back on it all.

The foreign mercenary and arms dealer De Falaise sees England is ripe for conquest. He works his way up the country, forging an army and pillaging as he goes. When De Falaise arrives at Nottingham and sets up his new dominion, Robert is drawn reluctantly into the resistance. From Sherwood he leads the fight and takes on the mantle of the world's greatest folk hero. The Hooded Man and his allies will become a symbol of freedom, a shining light in the horror of a blighted world, but he can never rest: De Falaise is only the first of his kind.

This omnibus collects the novels Arrowhead, Broken Arrow and Arrowland, with a new introduction by editor Jonathan Oliver. The ebook edition also exclusively collects the stories "Servitor," "Perfect Presents," and "Signs and Portents."

Ratings and reviews

These books are a riot, pulpy, post apocalypse Robin Hood shenanigans that strike just the right balance between comedy and tragedy. A rip roaring adventure.

It's corny, but I will rate 5 stars if you make a game of it

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About the author

Paul Kane has been writing professionally for almost fourteen years. His critically-acclaimed genre journalism has featured in innumerable magazines, and his award-winning short fiction has appeared in magazines and anthologies on both sides of the Atlantic, and been collected in a number of volumes.

Paul's books for Abaddon's Afterblight Chronicles, the Hooded Man trilogy, detail the adventures of a post apocalyptic version of Robin Hood.

His website, which has featured guest writers such as Stephen King, James Herbert and Neil Gaiman, can be found at www.shadow-writer.co.uk He currently lives in Derbyshire, UK, with his wife - the author Marie O'Regan - his family, and a black cat called Mina.