Trailer for Pagans by James Alistair Henry released

The trailer for Pagans by James Alistair Henry has been released today. Directed by BAFTA-nominated director Jack Jewers it features narration by actor and voice-over artist Gunnar Cauthery (Dear England, War Horse, Privacy), who also voices the audiobook.

Set in an alternate 21st Century London where the Norman conquest never happened and the small, mostly unimportant island of Britain remiains divided into ancient tribes, Pagans tells the story of mismatched detectives Captain Aedith Mercia, daughter of a powerful Saxon leader, and Celtic Tribal Detective Inspector Drustan. When a Celtic diplomat is found brutally murdered, his body nailed to an ancient oak, Aedith and Drustan are brought together to solve the murder – and stop political unrest spilling onto the streets.

But is this an isolated incident? Or are Aedith and Drustan facing a serial killer with a decades-old grudge? To find out, they must delve into their own murky pasts and tackle forces that go deeper than they ever could have imagined.

Set in a world that’s far from our own and yet captivatingly familiar, Pagans is “The Bridge” meets “Vikings”, exploring contemporary themes of religious conflict, nationalism, prejudice... and the delicate internal politics of the office coffee round.