Most of all, it a story of high adventure set in a time so filled with drama it has spawned legends that fascinate people to this day. It is a story of courage, loyalty, honor and treachery. The Saga of Roland Inness series began as the coming-of-age tale of a fourteen-year-old boy who possessed extraordinary talent with a longbow. During those years he saw the Army reborn from its post-Vietnam nadir to the outstanding force it became and remains today. He just missed Vietnam, but found that life as a Captain in an army broken by that war was not what he wanted.Īfter tours in Germany and Korea, he returned to Louisiana and civilian life where he began a 10 year career in government including four years as a senior official in the Pentagon during the Reagan administration. Every living male member of his family had served in the Army covering World Wars I and II, Korea and Vietnam, so it was a natural step for him to attend and graduate from West Point. Like most southern boys of that era he saw the military as an honorable and adventurous career. Between chopping cotton, dove hunting and Little League ball he developed a love of great adventure stories like Call It Courage and Kidnapped. Wayne Grant grew up in a tiny cotton town in rural Louisiana where hunting, fishing and farming were a way of life. If you would like to know more about the author or get updates on new books, visit his webpage at or the Longbow Facebook page. The seventh and final book in the Saga, A Question of Honour was published in October, 2019.

The sixth book in the series, Declan O'Duinne, takes Roland and Declan to Ireland, where they are plunged into a new Norman conquest. A Prince of Wales, the fifth in the series, follows Roland Inness as he leads the legendary Invalid Company into Wales to help Llywelyn the Great win a throne.

Can Declan and his fellow knight, Roland Inness, help save what’s left of free Ireland? The first four books in the saga- Longbow, Warbow, The Broken Realm and The Ransomed Crown tell the coming-of-age story of the young archer. The Anglo-Normans relentlessly expand their Irish domains while the Irish kings fight amongst themselves. He’s been ten years gone, but some things never change.

But bloody strife rages in the north of Ireland, drawing Declan O’Duinne back to his homeland. With King Richard making war on the French and Prince Llywelyn consolidating power in Wales, peace prevails across England and the Welsh Marches.

Declan O'Duinne by Wayne Grant