Wolves Around the Throne

Wolves of Odin #4

by S.J.A. Turney

'A rollicking good story' Editor's Choice, Historical Novels Review

The wolves of Odin escort a Norman noblewoman to her wedding in France, but there are plenty who object to the union, and will not hold their peaceAD 1044. All eyes are on the marriage of Beatrix de Hautville to Armand de Mortain. The union could calm a tense political situation in a young, illegitimate nobleman called William is vying for the ducal throne, and making plenty of enemies along the way.

One of these is Beatrix's elder brother, Serlo, and it is hoped the joining of the two families will cool his anger.

Halfdan and the wolves of Odin are bound for stormy political seas. Will they be able to navigate the currents, or will they be drawn into a brutal family feud?

Packed with political machinations in the pursuit of power, this adventure is perfect for fans of Giles Kristian.

395 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 23, 2023

About the author

Simon lives with his wife and children and a menagerie of animals in rural North Yorkshire, where he sits in an office, wired on coffee and digestive biscuits, and attempts to spin engrossing tales out of strands of imagination while his children drive toys across his desk and two dogs howl as they try to share a brain cell.

A born and bred Yorkshireman with a love of country, history and architecture, Simon spends most of his rare free time travelling around ancient sites, writing, researching the ancient world and reading voraciously.

Following an arcane and eclectic career path that wound through everything from sheep to Microsoft networks and from paint to car sales, Simon wrote Marius’ Mules and, with help and support, made a success of it. Now, with in excess of 20 novels under his belt, Simon writes full time and is represented by MMB Creative literary agents.

Simon writes Roman military novels in the form of the bestselling Marius’ Mules series based on Julius Caesar’s campaigns, Roman thrillers in the Praetorian series, set during the troubled reign of Commodus, medieval adventures in the Ottoman Cycle, following a young Greek thief around the 15th century world, and a series of Historical Fantasy novels with a Roman flavour, called the Tales of the Empire.
Simon can be found on Twitter as @SJATurney and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/SJATurney/ as well as on his website http://www.sjaturney.co.uk

Reviews

[Mike Franklin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was really very good, and a fascinating look look at a period and historical geography I am mostly unfamiliar with, and that is Normandy when William the Bastard (Conqueror) was just a teenager. As always Turney's books are well researched. The ending of the last volume in this series was rather contrived at least in order to set up this volume, which in the end was worth it, as Halfdan negotiates the twists and turns of French politics at the time. A very good well paced volume in this good Wolves of Odin series.

[Shane Findlay · Rating 3 out of 5]

I feel that there is a certain something that this series lacks and I can’t quite put my finger on it. 2.5⭐️