Raven 2: Sons of Thunder: (Raven: Book 2): A riveting, rip-roaring Viking saga from bestselling author Giles Kristian - Softcover

Kristian, Giles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0552157902 ISBN 13: 9780552157902

Verlag: Corgi, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

If you betray a Fellowship you are a dead man... Raven and the Wolfpack plough the sea-road in pursuit of the Saxon traitor, Ealdred, who has left the Fellowship for dead and fled to the Frankish Emperor Charlemagne and the promise of untold riches. 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., A young man with no memory and a blood-tainted eye, Raven has found friendship and purpose amongst this fierce band of warriors. Having proved himself in battle, he is now certain that Viking blood flows in his veins, but to survive this adventure, his cunning must be as sharp as his blade...

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Críticas:

"An all-action adventure...a joy to read...a brilliant story, beautifully told" (SUNDAY EXPRESS)

"Kristian can really write...His battle scenes are bone crunchingly good, his descriptions of the Viking world bright and evocative...a great storyteller" (BEN KANE, author of The Forgotten Legion)

"I loved it; I found it gripping and I ripped through it...always the sign of an exciting book" (ANGUS DONALD, author of Outlaw)

"An excellent read which compares favourably with writers like Bernard Cornwell and Conn Iggulden" (Historical Novels Review)

"Gripping . . . splendidly conjures up the sounds, sights, and smells of Dark Age Britain" (HARRY SIDEBOTTOM, author of the "Warrior of Rome" series)

Contraportada:

If you betray a Fellowship you are a dead man...

And Raven - A young warrior with no memory and a blood-tainted eye - and his band of Viking brothers have been betrayed. Now the Saxon traitor Ealdred is fleeing for his life, to the court of the Emperor Charlemagne and the promise of untold riches.

With revenge burning in their hearts, Raven and the Wolfpack go in pursuit. He has found friendship and purpose amongst these fierce Norsemen, but to survive, his cunning must be as sharp as his blade. For there are scores to settle, battles to fight and unknown dangers that lie in wait as they journey into the heart of a Christian empire intent on wiping their heathen kind from the face of the earth...

Brutal, bloody and unputdownable, this thrilling novel confirms that, in Giles Kristian, action-packed historical fiction has a new master.

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• Verlag: Corgi
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0552157902
• ISBN 13: 9780552157902
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 448