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<p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Rhys and Catrin become embroiled in murder when King Edward summons all the bards of Wales ...</em></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>September 1284. Catrin and Rhys travel with the royal court to Overton-on-Dee where King Edward has called a thousand Welsh bards to a royal </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>eisteddfod a</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> music festival in honor of his conquest of Wales. Every </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>bardd </em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>in Wales has been commanded to attend.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But the menacing gaze of the king has tensions running high since his goal is to uncover dissidence and to rein in the power of the bards. When one of the chief contestants turns up dead with a forbidden song stuffed into his mouth it's up to Rhys and Catrin to catch his killer-even if it means putting themselves between their people and the wrath of the English king.</span></p><p><br></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Bardd </em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>is the fifth book in</span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> The Welsh Guard Mysteries.</em></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Series so far: </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Crouchback Chevalier Paladin Herald Bardd</em></p>