Gallowglass

When Sandor snatched little Joe from the path of a London Tube train he was quick to make clear the terms of the rescue. 'I saved your life ' he told the homeless youngster 'so your life belongs to me now'.

Sandor began to tell him a fairy-tale: an ageing prince a kidnapped princess chained by one ankle a missed rendezvous. But what did this mysterious story have to do with Sandor's preparations? Joe had only understood his own role: he was a gallowglass the servant of a Chief...