God of Vengeance by Giles Kristian

God of Vengeance by Giles Kristian

Norway 785 AD. It began with the betrayal of a lord by a king...But when King Gorm puts Jarl Harald's family to the sword, he makes one terrible mistake - he fails to kill Harald's youngest son, Sigurd. On the run, unsure who to trust and hunted by powerful men, Sigurd wonders if the gods have forsaken him: his kin are slain or prisoners, his village attacked, its people taken as slaves. Honour is lost. And yet he has a small band of loyal men at his side and with them he plans his revenge. All know that Odin - whose name means frenzy - is drawn to chaos and bloodshed, just as a raven is to slaughter. In the hope of catching the All-Father's eye, the young Viking endures a ritual ordeal and is shown a vision. Wolf, bear, serpent and eagle come to him. Sigurd will need their help if he is to make a king pay in blood for his treachery. Using cunning and war-craft, he gathers together a band of warriors - including Olaf, his father's right hand man, Bram who men call Bear, Black Floki who wields death with a blade, and the shield maiden Valgerd, who fears no man - and convinces them to follow him. For, whether Odin is with him or not, Sigurd will have his vengeance. And neither men nor gods had best stand in his way...

Action-packed storytelling which stirs the blood and thrills the soul WILBUR SMITH What elevates Kristian above the many pretenders to Cornwell's crown is the style and swagger of the proseHe is a modern skald, borrowing the old rhythms to create a brutal, absorbing tale -- Antonia Senior THE TIMES 'Books of the Year' Unrelenting pace, brilliant action and characters. A masterwork. CONN IGGULDEN A glorious, bloody, perfect Viking saga, rich with the poetry of the skald, ripe with blood and glory, vengeance and heartbreak. The characters stride from the page, alive, hungry, real ... this is Viking writing at its very best MANDA SCOTT This is the best kind of storytelling - a saga full of blood and thunder that grabs you and doesn't let go until long after the final page is turned STEVEN PRESSFIELD

Family history (he is half Norwegian) and his storytelling hero, Bernard Cornwell, inspired Giles Kristian to write his first historical novels, the acclaimed and bestselling Raven Viking trilogy - Blood Eye, Sons of Thunder and Odin's Wolves. For his next series, he drew on a long-held fascination with the English Civil War.The Bleeding Land and Brothers' Fury follow the fortunes of a divided family against the complex and brutal backcloth of the conflict that tore this country apart and ended with the killing of a king. In his new novel - God of Vengeance -Giles returns to the world of the Vikings to tell of the origins of Sigurd and his celebrated fictional fellowship. Giles lives in Leicestershire. To find out more, visit www.gileskristian.com

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ISBN 13	9780593066188
ISBN 10	0593066189
Title	God of Vengeance
Author	Giles Kristian
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Transworld Publishers Ltd
Year published	2014-04-24
Number of pages	416
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