#1 – Odin’s Game
The North Atlantic, AD 934. Exiled from Iceland, Einar Unnsson seeks protection from his uncle Thorfinn Skull-splitter, Jarl of Orkney. A warning about his mother’s past and the enemies pursuing him draws Einar into the rivalries surrounding control of the Irish Sea. Travelling with the Norse-Irish…
#2 – The Raven Banner
Jorvik, AD 935. Einar has turned away from war and is trying to establish himself as a poet, but an attack brings Affreca back into his life. She believes he should raise a force against Thorfinn and seeks the legendary Raven Banner, said to grant victory…
#3 – The Wolf Hunt
Iceland and Norway, AD 935. Einar’s father turns his vengeance against the woman who escaped him and raised their son. Einar is still an outlaw and has also made an enemy of Eric Bloodaxe, leaving him dependent on the Wolf Coats when he attempts to reach…
#4 – The Serpent King
The North Atlantic, AD 936. Einar is consumed by the murder of his mother and the theft of her severed head, but his oath to the Wolf Coats requires him to join their campaign against Eric Bloodaxe. Their enemy has taken the Norwegian throne and is…
#5 – The Bear’s Blade
Norway in the 930s. Einar is recovering from injuries that prevent him from fighting and make his hopes of reclaiming Orkney seem impossible. Eric Bloodaxe’s followers raid the coast under a warrior known as the Bear, who carries a blade believed to give its bearer unmatched…
#6 – Blood Eagle
England and Francia, AD 936. Einar and the Wolf Coats have entered the court of Æthelstan after becoming disillusioned with events in Norway. When Louis d’Outremer prepares to return from English exile and claim the throne of West Francia, Æthelstan sends the warband with a message…
#7 – Eye of the Raven
Britain and Ireland, AD 937. Einar commands a warband for Æthelstan but remains distrusted as a Norseman in an English king’s service. The Wolf Coats are separated from him in Ireland, where Norse rulers are assembling a coalition against Æthelstan. Olaf Guthfrithson and Constantine II of…
#8 – The Blazing Sea
The Mediterranean in the late 930s. With northern rulers unwilling to shelter them, Einar and the Wolf Coats sail south along the whale road. An encounter with a slave trader takes them into al-Andalus, where a homecoming for one member of the crew ends in imprisonment…