Captures the grittiness, as well as the doomed glamour, of the Royalist cause - Charles Spencer

You can smell the gunpowder and hear the cannon fire . . . Arnold's passion for the period suffuses every page - Robyn Young, author of the Brethren trilogy

Powerfully visualised battle scenes which can certainly stand in comparison with the best of Cornwell - Yorkshire Post

I loved Sharpe. I am going to be equally at home with Captain Stryker - Historical Novels Review

An intensely interesting, plot-driven historical novel of superb quality . . . I found it very difficult to put down until the final page - Euro Crime

A fast-moving, exciting novel . . . Forget Sharpe and enjoy the exploits of Captain Stryker in an earlier and dangerous period of history. Once hooked you will look forward to the next in this series - Ryedale Gazette and Herald

"Michael Arnold has caught all of the passion, urgency, fear and exhilaration of men in battle. Not only that, he's writing in a period that he obviously knows intimately and in to which he has breathed new life.' - Patrick Mercer, author of To Do & Die, Dust & Steel, Red Runs the Helmand

Mike Arnold hooks the reader with the clash of steel and the roar of gunpowder. Rollicking action and proper history combine in this cracking series. - Anthony Riches

Traitor's Blood, the first in The Civil War Chronicles, Michael Arnold's acclaimed series of historical thrillers, sees battle-scarred hero Captain Stryker, 'the Sharpe of the Civil War', confront his nemesis. 'Stands in comparison with the best of Cornwell' Yorkshire Post