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Norse Warrior
In the age of Charlemagne, war spreads along the northern edge of the Frankish world as imperial expansion reaches toward pagan Denmark, Pomerania and the Baltic. Far from the emperor’s court, a young Norseman named Leif Longstride makes his first kill when he faces a wolf in a Norwegian fjord, an act that changes how his community sees him and how he sees himself.
Leif’s emergence as a warrior coincides with a wider clash between Christian imperial power and northern societies that have no intention of submitting quietly. The novel follows his movement from local youth to fighting man, placing personal courage inside the raiding, alliance and religious conflict that connect Scandinavia with the Carolingian world.
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