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Second Nature Part One: Cry Havoc

The King's Watch, Book 13

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Second Nature Part One: Cry Havoc

By: Mark Hayden
Narrated by: Ciaran Saward, Tamsin Kennard
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Summary

Cry Havoc.

It was a long time coming, but the wedding is over. Back to work.

Conrad has a lot in his in-tray. Douglas Geldart is dead, and in dying he confirmed that there is an organisation whose roots go deep, and whose mere existence threatens the King’s Peace. The Akademia.

Who is Homer?

Conrad has to pull at a thread which has lain buried for thirty years, and in doing so he is going to make new enemies and upset old friends.

Before he can even begin to look for Homer, there is a whole new can of curried worms: a problem with his pack of Mannwolves.

Cry Havoc is Part One of a story which is continued in Second Nature Part Two: Let Slip the Dogs of War.

Join Conrad, Saffron and his new partner, Róisín Sterling, as the Fae Knight now known as Alice leads them down a rabbit hole of epic proportions. Grab a copy of Part One and prepare to enter the mad, mad world of Merlyn's Tower.

©2026 Mark Hayden and Paw Press (P)2026 Mark Hayden and Paw Press Fantasy

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Mark Hayden continues to be one of my favorite Author's this series has been amazing thusfar and I'm excited to see what happens next.

Yet another amazing listen.

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I adored this series and have listened to the first 8 books numerous times. The final few are less engaging and increasingly confusing . Conrad is an interesting dogmatic and likeable character as is his family but i never really warmed to Miena or the fae and even Conrad's sister Rachel lacks something. As the series has moved on I have been feeling apathetic about these characters while longing to read more about the kings watch, king mole and Conrad's kings watch partners and his family home. it doesn't help that in the audio books the multitude of female voices are too similar.
Id love to read an off shoot series focusing on Conrad a d the lives and cases of the kings watch team with the fae just in the periphery.

A confusing end to a wonderful series

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