Wade of Aquitaine

The Wade of Aquitaine series is a trilogy of novels by Ben Parris that center on astral time traveller Wade Linwood and his synesthetic counterpart, Kreindia of Amorium. It is a "romantic fantasy about time travel into ninth-century Europe." The series focuses on the Dark Ages and the political uprisings of different tribes warring against the Roman Empire, with Wade traveling back in time in order to save history. The first book in the series was published in 2008 and again in 2017. The sequel, Kreindia of Amorium, was published in 2017, and there will be a third book in the series.
Plot
The series follows Wade Linwood, later to be called Wade of Aquitaine, a synesthete of the twenty-first century with crossed senses, who unwittingly travels through time back to the Dark Ages whilst having acupuncture. In the ninth century, Wade meets a range of characters, including father figure Grimketil Forkbeard and his assistant Snorri, and counterpart Kreindia of Amorium, who Wade will later fall in love with. The newly formed alliance must fight against the enemy—Raginpert and his men—in order to save the peace treaty between Byzantium and the Holy Roman Empire, the past, as well as the future.
Characters
• Wade Linwood—twenty-first century protagonist and insurance underwriter
• Kreindia of Amorium—ninth century synesthete, counterpart of Wade
• Grimketil Forkbeard of Lowestoft—ninth century Saxon father figure to Wade
• Snorri—assistant to Grimketil
• Michael of Amorium—uncle of Kreindia of Amorium
• Tankred—an oblate of the Abbey of Sintlas Ow and friend to Wade Linwood
• Raginpert, Count of Pavia—enemy of Wade and Kreindia
Novels
• Wade of Aquitaine by Ben Parris (2008, 2017)
• Kreindia of Amorium by Ben Parris (2017)
• Amynta of Amorium (announced)
Editions
Wade of Aquitaine was first published in 2008 by BookSurge, and went on to be republished Blueberry Lane Books in 2017. Having been made available on Amazon Kindle before paperback, Wade of Aquitaine has been cited as a Kindle bestseller. If so, given the timing of its release, it would have been one of the first. The ebook "spent 20 weeks on the Amazon Kindle Bestseller List." Kreindia of Amorium, the sequel to Wade of Aquitaine, was also published in 2017 with a new cover by Blueberry Lane Books.
Future
It has been indicated by Ben Parris on the official Facebook fan page that the Wade of Aquitaine series will be a trilogy; the third book will be titled Amynta of Amorium.

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