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The Exiled
Ulf is a young Norseman in a quickly changing world. His pagan upbringing is being threatened by the push of Christianity. Village after village convert to the new religion, many forcefully. He seeks the exiled Ulfhednar, an elite Viking fighting force with particular kinship to the Norse’s most powerful god, Odin. Like the berserkers, the Ulfhednar were feared across the lands. Once they served as guards for Kings, from Norway to the Byzantine Empire, but the tides of time have changed. This fearsome force becomes excommunicated. Exiled from their communities and pushed to the outer limits of humanity. Ulf and the exiled old guard need each other, a new empire is pushing north from France. The Normans are on a genocidal rampage to route out descent amongst its newly conquered peoples, which puts them on a deadly course straight towards them. The story unfolds into an unlikely, but true, origin story for the Lycanthrope (werewolf) myths of yore.
229 pages, Hardcover
Published September 23, 2021
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August 10, 2021
Part history, part folklore, all fast-moving, all fun. Erickson practices a “writing without the boring bits” style of prose that propels you from one scene and set piece to the next. If your a fan of myths, and legends and all things Vikings -like I am- I’d recommend Erickson’s book for a new voice on old sagas.
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