Bargain alert: The Last Berserker is only £1.99 (for now)
Looking for some fantastic summer reading? At a ridiculously cheap price? The Last Berserker, the first novel in my epic Fire Born Viking series, is now only £1.99 for the Kindle version. And so are all the rest of the novels in the acclaimed Fire Born series. I only discovered this today – and I am not sure why it is happening or how long the books will be this cheap – but if you like gripping bloody adventure stories set in the Viking Age (or, actually, a couple of years before it) then this is your lucky day!
If you are unfamiliar with the storyline, The Last Berserker is about two young Scandinavian people who desperately want to become berserkers, those frenzied Viking warriors who were the battlefield elite in 8th-century Northern Europe. In order to do this, they go to a holy place to see if they are suitable for training as berserkers. The Fire Born series (of five books – all available in audio, paperback and eBook versions) is set amid the long, brutal wars between the pagan Saxons and the Christian Franks.
This is the blurb from the back of the first book.
771AD. Bjarki Bloodhand and Tor Hildarsdottir are journeying south into Saxony. Their destination is the Irminsul, the One Tree that links the Nine Worlds of the Middle-Realm. In this most sacred place, they hope to learn how to summon their animal spirits so they can enter the ranks of the legendary berserkir: the elite frenzied fighters of the North.
Karolus, newly crowned King of the Franks, has a thorn in his side: the warlike Saxon tribes on his northern borders who shun the teachings of the Church, blasphemously continuing to worship their pagan gods.
The West’s greatest warlord vows to stamp out his neighbours’ superstitions and bring the light of the True Faith to the Northmen – at the point of his sword. It will fall to Bjarki, Tor and the folk of Saxony to resist him in a struggle for the fate of all Europe.
Praise for The Last Berserker
‘Donald has taken the legendary berserkers, those frothing-at-the-mouth shield-biters, and made them human, which once again proves that Donald is a writer not only at the top of his game, but of the game … It is a wonderful, rich and violent brew. I welcome Angus Donald to the shield wall of Viking fiction like a thirsty man welcomes a mead-brother to the feast … A tale worthy of the skalds’ Giles Kristian, author of the Raven series
‘With The Last Berserker, Donald has given us the first cut of some serious Dark Age beef. By turns heart-racing, intriguing, and touching, this is not a book for the faint-hearted I can’t wait for more’ Theodore Brun, author of A Burning Sea
‘The Last Berserker strikes with the thundering power of Thor’s hammer… rich with the earthy depth, historical detail, intrigue, violence and adventure that we expect from Donald. But it is Bjarki and Tor that make The Last Berserker stand out… Donald’s masterful creations will live on in the imagination long after the final page’ Matthew Harffy, author of the Bernicia Chronicles
”Loved this tale of a berserker facing up against the tidal wave of Charlemagne’s expansion. Great characters, brilliantly paced and explosive, gritty battle-scenes. Highly recommended’ John Gwynne, author of Malice
And it gets even better. The other four books in the Fire Born series – The Saxon Wolf, The Loki Sword, King of the North and Blood of the Bear – are also on sale for £1.99. So, if you want some exciting, battle-heavy Viking reading this summer, then click on the links and fill your boots!
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