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Odin's Game
02 Sep 2021 * PAPERBACK * £8.99 * 9781801107426

Iceland, AD 950: a young man must leave his homeland to forge his destiny, and find his father...

Fiction / FJH (Action & Adventure)
Extent: 336 pages  Format: 198 x 129 mm
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'FAST-PACED, DETAILED AND BRILLIANTLY WRITTEN [FOR] FANS OF BERNARD CORNWELL, GEORGE R.R. MARTIN AND THEODORE BRUN' HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY.

Not everyone will survive, but who will conquer all in Odin's game?

AD 915.

In the Orkney Isles, a young woman flees her home to save the life of her unborn child. Eighteen years later, a witch foretells that evil from her past is reaching out again to threaten her son.

Outlawed from his home in Iceland, Einar Unnsson is thrown on the mercy of his Uncle, the infamous Jarl Thorfinn 'Skull Cleaver' of Orkney. He joins forces with a Norse-Irish princess and a company of wolfskin-clad warriors to become a player in a deadly game for control of the Irish sea, where warriors are the pawns of kings and Jarls and the powerful are themselves mere game pieces on the tafl board of the Gods.

Together they embark on a quest where Einar must fight unimaginable foes, forge new friendships, and discover what it truly means to be a warrior. As the clouds of war gather, betrayal follows betrayal and Einar realises the only person he can really trust is himself.

Praise for Tim Hodkinson:

'An excellently written page-turner, with a feel for the period which invites you into the era and keeps you there' Historical Writers Association.

'A gripping action adventure like the sagas of old; and once finished, you just want to go back and read it all over again' Melisende's Library.

Tim Hodkinson grew up in Northern Ireland where the rugged coast and call of the Atlantic ocean led to a lifelong fascination with Vikings and a degree in Medieval English and Old Norse Literature. Tim's more recent writing heroes include Ben Kane, Giles Kristian, Bernard Cornwell, George R.R. Martin and Lee Child. After several years in the USA, Tim has returned to Northern Ireland, where he lives with his wife and children. Follow Tim on @TimHodkinson and www.timhodkinson.blogspot.com

Viking adventure saga in the style of Bernard Cornwell.

Breaking new ground: a time and place not often written about.

MARKET: Bernard Cornwell; Giles Kristian; Robert Low.


'Full of excellent action passages, great supporting characters and exciting twists' Grimdark Magazine

PRAISE FOR TIM HODKINSON:
'An excellently written page-turner, with a feel for the period which invites you into the era and keeps you there' The Historical Writers Association, for Lions of the Grail.
'Readers will be fascinated by the detailed descriptions of medieval life in all its filth and glory' Historical Novels Review Online.
'A gripping action adventure like the sagas of old; and once finished, you just want to go back and read it all over again'
Melisende's Library

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