Condotierri Books

The Cardinal’s Sword! Pre Renaissance Italy: Papal States at war, all to gain, yet Sabatini must choose a side. With the advent of the Western Schism, powerful Italian States are riven with war, greed and power. Into this maelstrom is thrust Flavio Sabatini pirate, routier and condottieri with a chequered life behind him, as he returns to his home town of Corneto. Yet with such men the past is never far behind. As an internecine war looms within the Italian states and Saracens threaten his home town, Sabatini’s sword arm cannot be still for long. Outside the law or within? Devil or angel? Sabatini must choose at a cost, when his past and future collide. Buy the first in the new Condottieri series today, to enter this deadly early renaissance world of murder, plotting and warring factions.

The Fight for Florence Condottieri series book 2 A city on the brink of war, yet a more deadly foe awaits Flavio Sabatini. Florence 1402 As the mighty armies of the Duke of Milan rampage through Italy, with the jewel in the crown before them-Florence a city of immense wealth and power that commands the gateway to the south and Rome. Flavio Sabatini, adventurer and former condottieri is thrust once again into the maelstrom of Florentine politics for the fate of Italy and the Papacy is under threat and with it, Sabatini’s sinister master, Cardinal Vitelleschi. As Flavio is tasked with saving the city, nothing is as it seems; for each faction has its own agenda, everyone for themselves and traitors abound each looking to command the city in the face of all out war. As Flavio seeks to find out who is loyal and who is a traitor before the final battle with Duke of Milan, a more deadly, unstoppable foe threatens all. Can Flavio seize the day and save Florence; or will he perish as with so many others trapped within the walls of the forsaken city? To find out read The Fight for Florence the second book in the new Condottieri series.