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Author
Series
Vinland saga volume 9
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
392 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Thorfinn and his crew are on their way to Greece, the first leg of their expedition to Vinland. Having landed near Bergen, in Norway, Thorfinn is attacked by a bear, only to be saved by a fierce huntress name Hild. While sharing a meal together, Hild recounts how her village and family were massacred many years ago-- a story Thorfinn knows quite intimately. Now Thorfinn must face Hild and his own violent past in order to press forward. As his jourey...
Author
Series
Vinland saga volume 10
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
398 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"After months of hard labor as a farm slave, Thorfinn begins to realize what his father meant by the words, "A true warrior needs no sword." Perhaps he can find a new purchase on life in the mysterious land he heard tell of in his childhood: the continent to the west known as Vinland" -- Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Vinland saga volume 8
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
393 pages : chiefly illustrations, map ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Free at last, Thorfinn sets off on an expedition to Vinland, to establish a place free of war and slavery. In an effort to fund his project, Thorfinn visits Iceland where Halfdan, a wealthy man who shared a dark history with his late father, awaits. Meanwhile, the marriage between Halfdans son Sigurd and Leif s relative Gudrid are well under way, but Gudrid dreams of becoming a sailor, not a bride. A battle soon breaks out as Gudrid attempts...
Author
Series
Vinland saga volume 13
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
379 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Thorfinn's travels have taken him from Iceland to England, Denmark, the distant trading posts of the Byzantine Empire, and back home again. On the journey, he has amassed scars, losses, and sins to atone for, but also found strength in his friends, in his new wife, and in the dream that he's never let go, of a new land free of brutality and slavery. At last, the moment has come to set foot on Vinland--not the misty ideal he has carried there, but...
Author
Series
Vinland saga volume 7
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
399 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"His army starving for resources, King Canute schemes to confiscate Ketil's farm. Ketil and his sons become fugitives, barely escaping the capital aboard Leif Ericson's ship, but Canute follows in pursuit with his best men. Upon Ketil's return, he finds his beloved slave Arnheid has helped her former husband, a runaway who has killed many of Ketil's bodyguards, escape. Beset by betrayal on all sides, there may be no way out for Ketil, but Thorfinn...
Author
Series
Vinland saga volume 11
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
381 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Thanks to his claim by lineage, the attackers surrounding Jomsborg want Thorfinn to be their leader, but it is a mantle he intensely rejects. When the battle for leadership over the powerful Jomsvikings reaches a stalemate, Thornfinn must make a critical decision. With Gudrid held captive within the fortressed city, walking away will not be an option. He must infiltrate Jomsborg to break her out, and the ensuing battle will leave the greatest mercenary...
Author
Series
Vinland saga volume 2
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
438 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Vinland saga volume 3
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
452 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
In a gambit to become the power behind the Danish and English thrones, Askeladd has taken the prince, Canute, and plunged deep into a winter storm behind enemy lines. Canute's father, King Sweyn, gives him up for dead in his haste to suppress English resistance. But Askeladd's small band can't outrun the tenacious maniac Thorkell forever, and when the warriors finally clash, a storm of sweat and gore ensues that will turn a boy into a man and a hostage...
Author
Series
Vinland saga volume 5
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
448 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"After the assassination of King Sweyn and the execution of Askeladd, Thorfinn lost the object of his vengeance, his sense of purpose, and his freedom. Now a broken young man, he labors far from the battlefield, clearing a forest for his slave master's farm alongside the amiable Einar. But a sudden and brutal tragedy will shock Thorfinn out of his apathy, and force him to answer the question, 'Do I still want to live?'"--p. [4] of cover.
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