Sigurd’s Swords
(Olaf’s Saga, Book 2)
By Eric Schumacher
From best-selling historical fiction novelist, Eric Schumacher, comes
the second volume in Olaf's Saga: the adrenaline-charged story of Olaf
Tryggvason and his adventures in the kingdom of the Rus.
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968. It has been ten summers since the noble sons of the North, Olaf and
Torgil, were driven from their homeland by the treachery of the Norse
king, Harald Eriksson. Having then escaped the horrors of slavery in
Estland, they now fight among the Rus in the company of Olaf's uncle,
Sigurd.
It will be some of the bloodiest years in Rus history.
The Grand Prince, Sviatoslav, is hungry for land, riches, and power, but
his unending campaigns are leaving the corpses of thousands in their
wakes. From the siege of Konugard to the battlefields of ancient
Bulgaria, Olaf and Torgil struggle to stay alive in Sigurd's Swords, the
riveting sequel to Forged by Iron.
Review
A well-rounded novel where history and story coexist without getting too much in the way of the other. Likeable characters, brilliantly executed battle scenes and enough humour to dampen the desperation of the situation faced by the protagonists.
I really enjoyed this book and I thought the story was both interesting and intriguing, it certainly kept me turning those pages.
I think this book would especially appeal to fans of Bernard Cornwell's The Last Kingdom.
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Eric Schumacher
At a very early
age, Schumacher discovered his love for writing and medieval European history,
as well as authors like J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. Those discoveries
continue to fuel his imagination and influence the stories he tells. His first
novel, God's Hammer, was published in 2005.
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