In this savage saga of love, war, lust, and magic set in the tenth century, young Sigrid is destined to be the mother of the king of the Nordic lands that would become Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and England.
A devout believer in the old Nordic gods, Sigrid is visited regularly in her dreams by the goddess Freya, who whispers to her of the future. Though Sigrid is beautiful, rich, arrogant, and matchlessly clever, her uncanny ability to foresee the future and manipulate the present guides her through dangerous politics as a bloody war between Vikings and Christians rages on.
Sigrid’s father wants her to marry Erik, a local king, to secure the peace between the Goths and the Swedes. Thinking she is doing Freya’s will, she accepts the marriage offer, only to find that her destiny lies not with Erik but with Sweyn, a warrior who dreams of dethroning Harald Bluetooth, the legendary ruler of Denmark. Will Sigrid sacrifice her will for the greatest Viking kingdom of all time, or will she follow her heart at the risk of losing everything?
Worked for This Game of Thrones Lover I only got into this book because I got hooked on Game of Thrones. I tried watching the TV version of Game of Thrones, and it just didn’t do it for me like the book. (I also tried watching Vikings, another TV series, and almost died laughing at most of the episodes I watched.) Anyway, it was the Game of Thrones books that brought me to this book — and I think this is a great example of the same genre. This book is really Game of Thrones meets Mists of Avalon — but for literature lovers, it…
Reader Be Warned – Mature Content & Themes in the Disturbing, Graphic, Revolting Tale, “The Unbroken Line of the Moon” ** ** **
A woman to rule them all! This novel is an interesting weaving of the stories of Sigrid “the Haughty,” a semilegendary Viking-age queen of Sweden, and Sweyn, the illegitimate son of King Harald “Bluetooth.” The author is an award-winning Swedish war correspondent, and she masterfully “covers” the ambitions of the story’s myriad Viking warriors in a sober and sobering style, in all its brutality and humanity. It’s almost like we were getting war bulletins from a journalist…