"A novel of Robin Hood"--Cover.

In the bloody underworld of the twelfth-century England, one man reigns supreme. Robin Hood steals from the powerful and gives protection to the poor-but at a price. and the price is silence. Alan Dale, a young thief running from the law, is thrown into this violent world where he finds that, to survive, he must develop and exploit all of his talents. A mentor to him, Robin teaches Alan how to fight and, more important, how to win. But in the England of Henry II, dangerous forces are aligned against Robin and his men, and it will take more than mere luck and skill if they are to survive the savage assaults by the Norman rulers and the treachery and betrayal from some of their own.