PublishedBantam Press, July 2014 |
ISBN9780593066195 |
FormatSoftcover, 416 pages |
Dimensions23.1cm × 15.1cm × 3.2cm |
Norway AD785. A land of petty kingdoms and ambitious men . . . hen King Gorm betrays Jarl Harald and puts his family to the sword, he makes a terrible mistake - he doesn't kill Harald s youngest son, Sigurd. Now on the run, hunted by powerful men and hiding in a sacred fen, Sigurd believes the gods have turned their backs on his family- his kin are slain or prisoners, his village attacked, its people taken as slaves.
Honour is lost. Yet all men know that din - whose name means frenzy - is drawn to chaos and bloodshed, as a raven is to the slaughtered dead. And Sigurd means to spill blood. lone but for a small band of loyal men including his red-bearded friend Svein, his father s right-hand man Olaf, and Asgot the godi, Sigurd hungers to avenge the murder of his family. In an attempt to catch din s eye, the young man sacrifices himself - as the god once did - and it is during this ritual ordeal that Sigurd is shown a vision. The Wolf. The Bear. The Serpent. The Eagle. Sigurd will need the help of all these and more if he is to become a man whom others will follow...and if he is to make kings pay in blood for their treachery. ut the gods have spoken and Sigurd s
