In 600 A.D. in northern Britain, Prosper becomes a shield bearer with the Companions, an army made up of three hundred younger sons of minor kings and trained to act as one fighting brotherhood against the invading Saxons.
- ISBN10 0374466165
- ISBN13 9780374466169
- Publish Date 1 September 1992 (first published 1 January 1990)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
- Edition Sunburst ed.
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 304
- Language English