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Danelaw Saga

The Danelaw Saga follows Sven Saxon Sword through the late Anglo-Saxon world as Danish pressure, weak kingship and the rise of Cnut transform England. The sequence is set around the final decades before the Danish conquest, where local war leaders, oath-bound households and shifting loyalties exist between Anglo-Saxon authority and Scandinavian power.

Reading order

Books in this series (5 books)

The Dragon Sword cover

1. The Dragon Sword

Griff Hosker

4.4(1,809)

Sven Bersisson has to grow up quickly and to follow in his father’s footsteps. Sweyn Skull Taker, his uncle, becomes his foster father and they raid Wessex and Frankia where the young warrior becomes a man. King Sweyn Forkbeard, the King of Denmark, uses their clan…

Oathsword cover

2. Oathsword

Griff Hosker

4.4(1,393)

Now that he has made a name for himself and shown his courage in battle Sven Saxon Sword becomes not only a leader in battle but also a target for others when he fights. Beginning with the Battle of Svolder when hundreds of ships clashed in…

Blood Sword cover

3. Blood Sword

Griff Hosker

4.5(1,182)

Sven Saxon Sword has earned land and a measure of peace, but King Sweyn Forkbeard has larger ambitions. Sweyn intends to seize the English crown and believes Sven and the Dragon Sword can help him do it. Prince Cnut joins the campaign, drawing Sven back into…

Danish Sword cover

4. Danish Sword

Griff Hosker

4.5(961)

England under Æthelred is wealthy but politically weak, while the Danish royal house is divided by its own rivalries. Edmund Ironside begins to emerge as a capable English leader just as Prince Cnut seeks the forces and alliances needed to challenge for power across the North…

The Sword of Cnut cover

5. The Sword of Cnut

Griff Hosker

4.6(735)

Sven Saxon Sword believes that helping Cnut win the English crown has earned him the right to withdraw to his own riverside lordship. Peace proves temporary. Norse raiders threaten his home, while Cnut’s wider ambitions draw Sven into a Scandinavian war in which the king must…