Viking Blood and Blade (the Viking Blood and Blade Saga)

Name: Viking Blood and Blade (the Viking Blood and Blade Saga)
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by Peter Gibbons Book 1 in the The Viking Blood and Blade Saga series.

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England, 865. The Great Heathen Army invades the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in the name of Ragnar Lothbrok's sons. Hundr, an unknown Northman seeking reputation and wealth, joins Einar the Brawler's crew and enters the service of Ivar the Boneless. To earn a place among experienced warriors, Hundr must survive the campaign against the English and prove that courage, loyalty and skill with a weapon matter more than birth.

The invasion offers Hundr the opportunity he wants but places him under commanders whose ambitions are much larger than his own. Battles against the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms teach him how reputation is earned inside a war band and how quickly loyalty can be tested by defeat or the promise of plunder. His rise begins within the political shock created by the Great Heathen Army’s arrival.