The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die

With King Edward's death of illness, Danes under King Anlaf invade Northumbria and Prince Ælfweard moves on the throne with the backing of the ealdormen of Wessex and mercenaries, forcing Queen Eadgifu and Prince Edmund to flee to Uhtred for refuge. In Bebbanburg, Finan's wife Ingrith prophesizes that "seven kings must die and the woman you love" before England is united while Uhtred, now an old man, dismisses the prophecy as he isn't a king and has no wife. Uhtred gathers his friends to move on Ælfweard before he can cement his power so as to let Aethelstan take the throne, leaving his son Osbert to train Edmund. Aethelstan has grown very religious and taken Lord Ingilmunder as his advisor who uses the Bible to help dictate the prince's actions.