#1 – The Soul Thief (the Life and Times of Corban Loosestrife)
Corban Loosestrife is driven from his family’s Irish farmstead after refusing to fight for the High King. In his absence Viking raiders kill most of the household and carry away his twin sister Mav, whose second sight has always linked her closely to him. Corban follows…
#2 – The Witches’ Kitchen (the Life and Times of Corban Loosestrife)
Years after rescuing Mav and taking revenge on Eric Bloodaxe, Corban has carried his household across the Atlantic to Vinland. The settlement offers distance from Jórvík’s feuds but not safety: conflict with neighbouring peoples and tension within the family make the new home fragile. A ship…
#3 – The Serpent Dreamer (the Life and Times of Corban Loosestrife)
Corban returns to Vinland after his service in the Danish succession struggle and finds that the colony has been destroyed and his wife is dead. Mav, the twin whose mind has always touched his own, has become an uncertain presence between the living world and the…
#4 – Varanger
Conn Corbansson and his cousin Raef join a fur-trading voyage into the river world of the Rus. Forced to spend the winter at Novgorod, they become caught between Scandinavian traders, local warriors and men whose pursuit of profit threatens the discipline needed to survive the cold.…
#5 – The High City
Raef reaches Constantinople with Rus and Norse companions while the empire is divided by the rebellion of Bardas Phokas against the young Basil II. The newcomers enter a city whose ceremonial splendour conceals military crisis, factional rivalry and the constant danger of palace intrigue. Raef’s refusal…
#6 – Kings of the North
After escaping Constantinople, Raef and his companions reach Normandy and are drawn back towards Jórvík. Richard II sends his sister Emma to marry Æthelred the Unready, binding Norman interests to an English court already threatened by Scandinavian attack. Raef wants to recover his family’s position in…