Publisher's Synopsis
Arnulf Wolfblood - A Viking Saga is a page-turning Danish series of six volumes; a Nordic tale of power struggles, honour, hostility and revenge in all its great beauty and horror. The saga is an epic tour de force through the Viking Age in the years around the turn of the first millennium. Fiction is blended with awe-inspiring history, as Arnulf grows from being an angry young man to an experienced and well-travelled warrior and Jomsviking with the responsibility of a wife and children.
Arnulf's saga is based on extensive and thorough research, and the story takes the reader deep into the authentic Viking Age. It's a violent, epic, dramatic and unpredictable saga that has gripped readers of all ages. Arnulf is wild like the eagle and the wolf in his name (Arn - eagle, ulf - wolf). He yearns for going a-viking and noble deeds, but when his brother Helge's ship returns home bloody, all dreams are crushed. Blind with grief, Arnulf commits crimes and misdeeds and the young Viking's actions force him out on a dramatic, perilous and eventful journey with a Norwegian thrall. Pillaging, meetings with royalty and bloody battles lie ahead, and after sailing to England with the North men from Haraldsfjord, Arnulf encounters the Vikings from Jomsborg. Being acknowledged among such raw and hardened warriors isn't easy, for they know the battlefield well and don't tolerate weakness. Arnulf composes skaldic verses for Sweyn Forkbeard and faces Earl Hakon in a battle at sea, but he never forgets his Frejdis and family in Egilsund. Arnulf blends fiction with awe-inspiring history. A time when friendship and kinship were paramount and where survival required fateful choices. For followers of Bernard Cornwell and Vikings who want to get completely under the skin of the Vikings with uncompromising realism, in all its imposing horror and beauty, where fictional characters and events are woven seamlessly with authentic peoples and events. An historically accurate and BLOODY exciting book. You can taste the gore; you can smell the smoke and you can feel the strong emotions that our ancestors struggled with. A fantastic saga that I recommend to anyone with adventure and fighting spirit in their veins - Jim Lyngvild Finally! Finally, we have an author who writes about the Vikings as they truly were. This is the real thing. It's like being there yourself. An exciting and engaging story - Politiken Newspaper Breath-taking action! You get swept away by the terrific narrative that's composed with suspense and surprise - Berlingske Tidende Newspaper Pedersen says: "I write about Vikings, because I am passionate about the Viking period and to revive and disseminate the epic, Nordic history. Personal dramas, power-plays and kingdoms formation - the Viking Age was a time when intrepid Scandinavians sailed out and made their deep mark on the world through trade, plundering and settlements, and in my tale of Arnulf I weave fictional characters and events in symbiosis with authentic people and events. " "I want to get completely under the skin of the Vikings and with uncompromising realism, I portray their lives and times, aspirations and hopes through Arnulf's intense and passionate saga, for Viking history is an important story for all of us - and it is a compelling story." Arnulf's saga is based on extensive serious research, and the story brings the reader deep into the authentic Viking Age. S. C. Pedersen is a Danish author and trained pianist, who graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Music as a soloist, and now teaches at the Musicology Institute at the University of Copenhagen. Pedersen, who is married with four children, has authored fourteen historical novels: six Viking novels, two medieval novels, a knight-trilogy and a Jesus-trilogy. Some of which have been bestsellers in Denmark.
