Viking Saga

by Henry Treece 3 books in this series

The Viking Saga follows the fictional Harald Sigurdson across three voyages at different stages of his life. Viking’s Dawn takes him from adolescence into the violence of raiding around Britain. The Road to Miklagard sends the young warrior through the trade and military routes leading towards Constantinople. Viking’s Sunset returns to an older Harald whose pursuit of revenge becomes a final North Atlantic expedition.

The sequence combines maritime adventure with a progressively less romantic view of conquest. Harald learns first to survive, then to lead, and finally to accept the limits imposed by age, distance and chance. The trilogy uses one life to represent several forms of Viking movement: raiding, trade, mercenary travel, settlement and exploration.

Reading order

Books in this series (3 books)

1. Viking’s Dawn

Henry Treece

4.1(263)

In the late eighth century, the young Harald Sigurdson joins Thorkell Fairhair aboard the longship Nameless. The voyage towards Scotland and the Hebrides promises wealth and adulthood, but Harald quickly learns that seafaring exposes every weakness. Storms, hunger, drowning and the violence of coastal raiding replace…

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2. The Road to Miklagard

Henry Treece

Five years after his first voyage, Harald returns to sea following news of treasure and opportunity in Miklagard, the northern name for Constantinople. The route carries the crew through trading centres, river systems and territories where Norse weapons are valuable but local rulers control passage. Adventure…

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3. Viking’s Sunset

Henry Treece

4.2(137)

Harald has reached middle age and built a settled life, but the raid of Haakon Redeye destroys the security he believed he had earned. He and Giant Grummoch pursue the attackers, only for storms and navigational uncertainty to carry them beyond familiar seas towards Greenland and…

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