Táto séria zavedie čitateľov do drsného sveta raného stredoveku, kde sa stretáva pohanská severská kultúra s kresťanskou Anglickou. Sledujeme osudy mladého muža, ktorý sa z outsidera stane neohrozeným bojovníkom a vodcom. Príbehy sú plné akcie, intríg, statočnosti a objavovania vlastnej identity v nehostinnom prostredí plnom vojen a zrad. Je to epická sága o prežití a hľadaní svojho miesta vo svete.
The first book in a thrilling Viking trilogy that launched the career of acclaimed historical novelist Giles Kristian - who's now confronting the tumult and devastation of the English Civil War in The Bleeding Land... When raiders from across the sea ransack his village, Osric finds himself taken prisoner by their chief, Sigurd the Lucky.
In a thrilling adventure of brotherhood, warfare, and treachery, Giles Kristian takes us into ninth-century England, a world of darkness, epic conflict, and an unforgiving God served by powerful priests. On ships shaped like dragons, bristling with oars and armor, Jarl Sigurd and his fierce Norsemen have come in search of riches. And riches they are promised, by an English ruler who sends Sigurd and his wolves to steal a holy manuscript from another kingdom. Osric, an orphan boy, sees beyond the terror of these warriors, and somehow knows the heathens’ tongue. Renamed Raven, rechristened in blood, he will join them. They are his people. And they will be his fate. “Astonishing and riveting, a powerful, lightning-paced tale.”—New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell “A gripping tale that splendidly conjures up the sounds, sights and smells of Dark Age Britain.”—Harry Sidebottom, author of the Warriors of Rome series “[Kristian] compares favorably with writers like Bernard Cornwell and Conn Iggulden.”—Historical Novels Review “A rip-roaring Viking saga . . . fine, powerful, thrilling stuff.”—Manda Scott, author of The Crystal Skull
If you betray a Fellowship you are a dead man... Sailing in search of revenge, the pagan Norsemen venture into the heart of a Christian empire that would wipe their kind from the face of the earth, a place where danger lies in wait around every bend of the great river up which they travel.
Set against a backdrop of conquest, a fearless band of brothers embarks on a journey from the North to Constantinople. The protagonist, Raven, grapples with the loss of his beloved and finds himself entangled in a daring strategy for an audacious assault. The narrative promises intense battles and complex relationships as they navigate their way through France and Spain toward their ultimate goal.
There, it is rumoured, both riches and glory are to be found, but the journey takes them through unknown and dangerous waters - from the wind-whipped marshes of the Camargue to the treachery and faded glory of a once-mighty Rome.