Waterstones Winter's Fire
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Description: A thrilling and breathtaking Viking saga of betrayal, bloodshed and brotherhood from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lancelot, Giles Kristian. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Games of Thrones. Nobody writes this type of swaggering historical fiction better than Kristian -- THE TIMESA belter of a novel.perfect for fans of historical fiction and fantasy alike, from Cornwell to Abercrombie -- BEN KANE Combines gritty, brutal history with the lyrical essence of men as war.written with a panache that made the pages fly by. More! -- ANTHONY RICHESI love a good Viking romp and these are really good! -- ***** Reader review Giles Kristian certainly knows how to spin a yarn. -- ***** Reader review***********************************A VOW OF VENGEANCE MUST BE KEPT. Norway AD 785. Sigurd Haraldarson has proved himself a great warrior. and a dangerous enemy. And yet the oath-breaker King Gorm, who betrayed Sigurd's father, still lives. The sacred vow to avenge his family burns in Sigurd's veins, but he must be patient and bide his time as he knows that he and his band of warriors are not yet strong enough to confront the treacherous king. They need silver; they need more fighters to rally to the young Viking's banner; they need to win fame upon the battlefield. And so the fellowship venture to Sweden, to fight as mercenaries. And it is there - in the face of betrayal and bloodshed, on a journey that will take him all too close to the halls of Valhalla - that Sigurd's destiny will be forged. The Vikings return in this thrilling, thunderous sequel to Giles Kristian's bestselling God of Vengeance. Sigurd's adventures continue in Wing's of the Storm. Waterstones Winter's Fire - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Product ID: 9780552171328
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ISBN: 9780552171328
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Author: Barbara
Rating: 5
Review: Could buy 2 books for the price of one .
Author: Bertolt
Rating: 3
Review: The first in this series, GOD OF VENGEANCE, was a real step up for this author, a substantial advance on previous writing. This is not as good. There isn’t a whole book’s worth of material here. I am surprised by how often authors (particularly, it seems, of historical novels) seem to start their ‘trilogy’ without much idea of what will be in the second book, and quickly run out of invention, ending up filling the pages by any means. There is something of a sense of that here. There just isn’t enough story, the book focusing on rather too much peripheral stuff, descriptions, and so on, to drag the tale out. The events in this whole novel would occupy about six chapters of a book by Robert Low. That said, there are good sides to it. The writing is good (although the author should learn how to use ‘which’), a world away from the clunkier writing of his first books. There is a good strong sense of the historical period – his characters don’t dress like Vikings but think like people of the 21st century. Plus, the author has maintained the darker, harder quality of the first book, making it more of an adult work, and far more enjoyable. Not a landmark, but definitely worth a read.
