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  • Bibliography:
    56 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 2013
  • Latest Book:
    April 2024
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Full Series List in Order

The Dragon of Unison

0.5 - The Mercian Brexit (2017)
1 - Purple (Aug-2013)
2 - Blue (Jun-2014)
3 - Green (Jun-2014)
4 - Red (Jan-2014)
5 - Black (Apr-2014)
6 - Silver (Jan-2015)

Dragon of Unison

1 - Hidden Dragon (Apr-2013)
2 - Dragon Gone (May-2013)
3 - Dragon Alone (Jul-2013)
4 - Dragon Ally (Jan-2014)
5 - Dragon Lost (May-2014)
6 - Dragon Bond (Feb-2015)

The Eagle of Mercia Chronicles

1 - Son of Mercia (Feb-2022)
2 - Wolf of Mercia (Jun-2022)

The First Queen of England

0.5 - The Mercian Brexit (2017)
1 - The First Queen of England (Feb-2017)
2 - The First Queen of England Part 2 (Jan-2017)
3 - The First Queen of England Part 3 (2018)
4 - The King's Mother (2018)

Book List in Order: 56 titles





  • Unison is a land of mystery and intrigue, inspired by Viking Age Iceland.Erann and Sereh are reunited on the windswept Vatna Jokull but there are more hardships awaiting the small group of friends and grudging acquaintances. Traps laid half a millenn...



  • The time is now. Unison holds many enigmas locked within its ice bound surface, and this Long Day, Erann, Sereh and Greeneyes will begin to discover them. Sereh; determined to take a chance on freedom when it presents itself, no matter the perils. Er...



  • Unison is a land of mystery and intrigue, inspired by Viking Age Iceland.Sereh; rescued on the cusp of death.Erann; angry to the point of incoherency.Emma; confused about her own place in history.The Librarian; tormented by his past.Greeneyes; with h...




  • "They will bond, an unbreakable bond, and together they will unite and restore everything to how it should be." So the words of the long ago prophecy haunt Erann as his bond with Greeneyes is broken and the people of Unison are plunged further into p...



  • Unison is a land of mystery and intrigue, inspired by Viking Age Iceland.They will bond, an unbreakable bond, and together they will unite and restore everything to how it should be. So the words of the long ago prophecy haunt Erann as his bond with ...



  • Ealdorman - The Earls of Mercia Book 1 England: The Second Viking Age United doesn't mean together. Five ealdormen bestride King Aethelred II's Witan offering wise counsel whilst serving their king as his representative in the old Saxon kingdoms, uni...






  • When Erann mysteriously disappears on Vatna Jokull, Sereh and Greeneyes unite to find him. Only their actions are deeply hampered by two problems; firstly, how can they communicate without Erann and secondly, how can Sereh search for someone when she...



  • The time is now. Erann is home and Sereh is cured from her strange illness but their joy is short lived as unexpectedly meeting on Vatna Jokull, the Librarian and Emma break the terms of the long ago ‘Agreement’ thrusting Emma into her past, and ...



  • Northman, eldest son of Ealdorman Leofwine, fostered, at the King's insistence, by Eadric of Mercia, finds himself caught between loyalty to his father and his foster father. Fighting for his own sense of self, whilst Viking raiders vie for the Engli...



  • Britain: The Tenth Century.Athelstan, King of the English; Olaf Gothfrithsson, King of the Dublin Norse; Constantin, King of the Scots; Owain, King of Strathclyde, Hywel of the South Welsh; one 'great lamentable and horrible battle'. The year is AD93...




  • Northman, eldest son of Ealdorman Leofwine, husband, father and brother almost snatched a moment of peace when King Swein of Denmark helped himself to the English throne, and Aethelred removed himself to the Court of Duke Richard II of Normandy, his ...



  • Book 6 in the Dragon of Unison Series, following on from Purple, Blue, Green, Red and Black . . . 'A time will come when the mountains will move and the ground will tremor, when the heavens will fall upon our land and beasts with wings will erupt fro...



  • Book 6 in the Dragon of Unison series.Erann, reunited with Sereh at last.The Librarian, finally able to be with Emma after half a millennia.Greeneyes, free from his possession, but wary of the future with Erann's kind.Sereh, reunited with Erann, but ...



  • Britain: The Tenth CenturyThe EnglishThe ScotsThe NorseThe WelshBritain. AD942Edmund of the English, the aged Constantin of Scotland, Anlaf Sihtriccson of York, Idwal of Gwynedd, Hywel of the South Welsh.The year is AD942 and the treaty of Eamont in ...



  • Wulfstan, the Ealdorman of the Hwicce's most trusted advisor, mentor and friend, has a few secrets of his own to tell in this side story to the epic Earls of Mercia Series that returns to the beginning of the reign of King Aethelred II, the child-kin...






  • Before England, Scotland and Wales formed, a disparate set of kingdoms stretched their way across the British Isles, expanding and compressing with the personalities and successes of their warrior Kings, more war-leaders, and more often than not, owi...



  • Britain. AD632.Penda, a warrior of immense renown, has much to prove if he's to rule the Mercian kingdom and prevent the neighbouring king of Northumbria from claiming it.Unexpectedly allying with the British kings, Penda races to battle the alliance...



  • Before his encounter with Ealdorman Leofwine on his fateful trip to Shetland, King Swein first had to wrestle Denmark from his father's kingship and make his own name as a warrior of great renown. This side story to the Earls of Mercia series tells o...



  • She knows only two things about herself; her name is Frey and the boy with the troubled brown eyes, snatched from her arms by the soldiers in full body armour, loves her. They know everything about her and yet, they're the one's asking her t...



  • Before England, Scotland and Wales formed, a disparate set of kingdoms stretched their way across the British Isles, expanding and compressing with the personalities and successes of their warrior Kings, more war-leaders, and more often than not, owi...



  • She knows only two things about herself; her name is Frey and the boy with the troubled brown eyes, snatched from her arms by the soldiers in full body armour, loves her. They know everything about her and yet, they're the one's asking her t...



  • One heart to give. Two women to love. Forced to choose between the two women he's met whilst studying on a remote island, Andy makes the decision that feels 'right' to him, choosing the woman he knows he can't live without, Rebecca. Wh...



  • Part 5 in the epic Earls of Mercia series Ealdorman Leofwine, bereaved and betrayed by the new Danish king of England, hides away from the politics of the Witan, desperate to forget his past links with Cnut and his father, Swein, only Cnut won't let ...



  • Swein, King of Denmark, and briefly England, lies dead, his son ousted from England as King Aethelred returns from his exile in Normandy at the behest of his Witan and the Bishops. Aethelred might have relinquished his kingdom to Swein, the conqueror...



  • Edmund of the English, Anlaf Sihtriccson of York, Ragnall Gothfrithsson of York, the aged Constantin of Scotland, now in retirement, with his successor Mael Coluim finally in control, Athelstan Half King of the English, Hywel of the Ancient Britons (...








  • Before England, Scotland and Wales formed, a disparate set of kingdoms stretched their way across the British Isles, expanding and compressing with the personalities and successes of their warrior kings, more war-leaders, and more often than not, owi...



  • From the author of The Last King series. The year is AD641 and the great Oswald of Northumbria, bretwalda over England, must battle against an alliance of the old Britons and the Saxons led by Penda of the Hwicce, the victor of Hæâˆ,feld nine years ...



  • The year is AD655.  With allies in every kingdom, the great warrior king, Penda of Mercia, stands in a position of power throughout Britain. Just one kingdom stands aloof, that of Bernicia to the north. Ruled by King Oswiu, the brother of the lo...



  • The year is 655 and the great warrior king, Penda of Mercia, stands in a position of power, with allies in every kingdom, from the northern Pictish lands to the southern kingdom of the West Saxons, from the British states to the West, to East Anglia ...



  • Lady Elfrida is Queen of England, her husband enamoured of her, and her supporters many and varied. But the queen finds herself caught up in terse political intrigues, as England is threatened both from external Viking attack and internally from res...



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    England, AD957 Two brothers, One Kingdom. Unease runs death within the newly formed England, the young figurehead of the Wessex kingdom, King Eadwig, doing all he can to disadvantage the ancient kingdoms of Mercia, East Anglia and Northumbria, ...



  • Before Anne Boleyn stole the heart of a King and demanded marriage, another woman strove to wed an already married King of England. This is the story of Elfrida, who would become the first crowned Queen of England. England is united under Edgar, ...



  • It’s the second Viking Age in England, and King Æthelred II reigns. Five ealdormen represent him in the old Saxon kingdoms. Battles are being fought against the viking raiders looking to plunder England for her wealth. Leofwine is the ealdorman of...



  • Betrayal is a family affair.12th June 918. Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians and daughter of Alfred the Great, is dead. Aelfwynn, the niece of Edward, King of Wessex, has been bequeathed her mother's power and status by the men of the Mercian Witan b...






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    Lady Elfrida, the first crowned Queen of England, has cemented her position both as queen and wife to the king, Edgar. He is the 'peaceable' king, ruler over England, and ally of the land of the Scots and the Welsh kingdoms: an emperor in a...



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    The King's Mother is the story of a woman who has been censured by history as both a whore and a murderer but was neither. The widowed Lady Elfrida has achieved the impossible. She's ensured her twelve-year-old son has become king, despit...



  • No woman had ever held so much power and lost it on the whim of her son, the king. Six years of political ostracism has brought Lady Elfrida low. Desperate to be welcomed back to court, she risks all to make an ally of England's Viking enemy. Failure...



  • Lady Elfrida is restored to the royal court, and to her son and his ever-growing family. Tasked with raising her grandchildren, Lady Elfrida understands the honour her son has endowed her with, even while it forces her to stay distant from the day to...



  • From author MJ Porter comes a thrilling new hero.He sent a hundred men to kill two thousand. It had to be enough.Mercia lies broken but not beaten, her alliance with Wessex in tatters.Coelwulf, a fierce and bloody warrior, fears no man, especially no...



  • A delicious 1940s mystery. Birmingham, England, 1943. While the whine of the air raid sirens might no longer be rousing him from bed every night, a two-decade-old unsolved murder case will ensure that Chief Inspector Mason of Erdington Police Station...



  • The start of a brand new series from bestselling author MJ Porter for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Matthew Harffy. 'Immediate and personal' Bestselling author Matthew Harffy 'No lover of Dark Age warfare is going to be disappointed. Son of Mercia is ...



  • From the author of The Erdington Mysteries, a classic 1930s murder mystery house party. Lady Merryweather has had a shocking year. Apprehended for the murder of her husband the year before, and only recently released, she hopes a trip away from Lond...



  • The next thrilling adventure, all NEW from MJ Porter As a lone wolf inside a Wessex stronghold, Icel must ensure his own and Mercia’s triumph. Icel is becoming a warrior of Mercia, but King Ecgberht of Wessex still holds the Mercian settlement of L...



  • The next thrilling adventure, all NEW from MJ PorterIcel is a lone wolf no more...Oath sworn to Wiglaf, King of Mercia and acknowledged as a member of Ealdorman Ælfstan’s warrior band, Icel continues to forge his own destiny on the path to becomin...






  • All NEW from MJ Porter.'An epic tale of the birth of a nation. Truly mesmerising. Game of Thrones meets The Last Kingdom' - Gordon DohertyIn the battle for power, there can be only one ruler.AD925 Athelstan is the king of the English, uniting the pet...



  • A mercy mission in the heart of Wessex is beset with deadly, bloody dangers.Tamworth AD831 Icel's profile continues to rise. Lord of Budworth and warrior of Mercia, he's acknowledged by King Wiglaf and his comrades to keep Mercia safe from the ravage...



  • The next bloody and thrilling instalment in MJ Porter's The Brunanburh Series.Can the King of the Scots and the Dublin Norse triumph against a united England?AD934 King Athelstan of the English has been successful in uniting the many kingdoms of Brit...



  • A deathbed oath leaves the lives of two infants hanging in the balance...Tamworth AD833After successfully rescuing her husband Lord Coenwulf from the Isle of Sheppey, Icel hears the deathbed confession of Lady Cynehild which leaves him questioning wh...



  • The next bloody and thrilling instalment in MJ Porter's The Brunanburh Series.Can the Norse and the Scots exact their revenge over the mighty King Athelstan of the English?AD937After the slaughter field of Brunanburh, a defeated Olaf Gothfrithson of ...



  • A King's command. A warrior’s quest for the truth…Tamworth AD835Following Icel’s epic rescue of Lord Coenwulf's children from their almost certain death, King Wiglaf is forced to call upon Icel’s loyal services once more.Furious that the cons...



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    A 1940s mysteryErdington, September 1944As events in Europe begin to turn in favour of the Allies, Chief Inspector Mason of Erdington Police Station is once more prevailed upon to solve a seemingly impossible case.Called to the local mortuary where a...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

M.J. Porter has published 56 books.

M.J. Porter does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Enemies of Mercia, was published in April 2024.

The first book by M.J. Porter, Hidden Dragon, was published in April 2013.

Yes. M.J. Porter has 4 series.