This is a complex tale of adventure, heroism, love and betrayal set in Viking Sweden as two realms and their warring families collide in a cataclysm of violence.
Erlan is an outsider who has risen to the council of the King of the Svears, Sviggar, who values his counsel and is thankful for his having saved his daughter Lilla. Erlan is however in love with Lilla and is coveted by Queen Saldas, Lilla’s step mother. Facing them is the army of Harald the Wartooth and his sons. How they all fare is the general theme of this story.
Erlan and his manservant and blood brother Kai. Through them is seen the horrors of war in the Viking age and also the superstitions and importance of oath taking and oath keeping. Erlan is trying to find his way in life in terms of finding somewhere and someone to belong with. Thus when Lilla is married in to the Wartooth family in an attempt to prevent war is he is left at a loss as to what to do and where to go.
This is a large book with an involved story line that keeps you entertained right to the end.
Erlan is an outsider who has risen to the council of the King of the Svears, Sviggar, who values his counsel and is thankful for his having saved his daughter Lilla. Erlan is however in love with Lilla and is coveted by Queen Saldas, Lilla’s step mother. Facing them is the army of Harald the Wartooth and his sons. How they all fare is the general theme of this story.
Erlan and his manservant and blood brother Kai. Through them is seen the horrors of war in the Viking age and also the superstitions and importance of oath taking and oath keeping. Erlan is trying to find his way in life in terms of finding somewhere and someone to belong with. Thus when Lilla is married in to the Wartooth family in an attempt to prevent war is he is left at a loss as to what to do and where to go.
This is a large book with an involved story line that keeps you entertained right to the end.