Fiction
In reply to the discussion: What Fiction are you reading this week, November 6, 2022? [View all]yellowdogintexas
(23,369 posts)The Undying Viking - An Arthurian & Greek Mythology Thriller (Merging Worlds Book 1)The Undying Viking - An Arthurian & Greek Mythology Thriller (Merging Worlds Book 1)
For over a century, the Vikings were the most feared fighting force the world had ever seennone greater than Holger the Dane.
Having won all the wars of his time, the undefeated Viking warrior is said never to have died. Instead, legends say he sleeps, his body turned into a mighty stone statue residing deep within the casemates of Castle Kronborg. Clad in armor, with sword and shield at the ready, Holger remains in an enchanted sleep--ever with one eye open--and only to awake should danger ever rise again to threaten his beloved Denmark.
And on that day, stone will again turn to fleshand the roar of the Viking will be heard and felt in all the lands of the world once more.
Modern-day everyman Markus Trygg lives and quite enjoys, a relatively routine and mundane existence. But that wont matter one bit when hes forced to take part in an investigation looking into a trail of inexplicable mass deaths happening throughout Denmark.
Enter Holger the Dane, a savage barbarian with whom Markus shares nothing in commonexcept that only Markus can understand him. Together, the unlikely pair will battle an undead scourge, hellbent on some dark murderous purposeand one that seems to center around a loneand extraordinarysurvivor.
Eventually, the queso tt to save his world will take them to Avalon, the land of magic, where Markus will come face-to-face with beasts and monsters of myth and legend. In order to survive, the ever-reluctant Markus will have no choice but to accept some hard truths not only about the world he lives inbut himself, as well.
It is a fun read. Good characters and well written. I am looking forward to the rest of the series.
I was reading a different Viking story, to which I will return. It was more serious and taking a while to get going. This one popped up on my discounted Kindle sites, and after reading the sample I decided I needed something a little lighter than the other one. Good move.
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