Jarl Dragonheart’s people come under attack from rival Vikings determined to seize the lands and wealth they have built. The threat is not confined to one coast or one enemy: raids and competing Norse ambitions connect Britain with the wider Scandinavian world, forcing Dragonheart to defend his community while deciding where the true challenge is coming from.
The conflict carries the action from Byzantium to London and Orkney, reflecting a Viking world linked by trade, service, raiding and family alliances. Dragonheart must fight men who share much of his own culture, making the war a struggle between rival Norse futures as much as a contest between different peoples.
Bernard Cornwell
57 books
M J Porter
49 books
K. M. Ashman
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Cecelia Holland
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Sharon Kay Penman
14 books