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The Saxon Wolf

Angus Donald

The Saxon Wolf

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January 13, 2022
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I recommend any fantasy readers who would like to try a historical fiction/historical fantasy to start with the Fire Born series by Angus Donald. The Last berserker is the first book and you will fall in love with the characters and enjoy their gripping journey as they travel across a historical landscape of Saxony and surrounding areas. The story is filled with myths and beasts and of course the obscure tales of the berserker are brought to life in a vivid way that any fantasy fan could really enjoy... I thoroughly enjoyed this second instalment, even slightly more so than the first book. Looking forward to book 3!
Goodreads reviewer - ET

Synopsis

Book 2 of 4: Fire Born

Conflict flares once more in Saxony...

March, AD 773. Bjarki Bloodhand is now Fire Born – a legendary berserker inhabited by the ferocious spirit of a bear in battle. Yet he has sworn never again to allow that sacred rage to possess him, lest he for ever lose himself in the madness like his father.

Tor Hildarsdottir yearns to save pagan Saxony from the grip of the Christian Franks, who now occupy half the region. But she also has serious problems closer to home with her fast-growing pet bear cub, Garm, and, worse, she seems to be falling in love.

Widukind, new lord of the Saxons, is on a mission to reconquer the lands of his fathers from the Franks. He will stop at nothing to win the hearts of the men and women of the North, and bind them to his cause. But will they follow the Saxon Wolf in an unwinnable war? And will Bjarki join them?

Product Information

Number of pages
384
Publisher
Canelo
#ISBN
Number of pages
9781800321892
Date of Publication
January 13, 2022
Format
Paperback
Weight
272
g
Dimensions
12.7
x
19.6
x
3.3
cm

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Reviews

The Saxon Wolf is another step forward and a step up in the Fire Born series. Compelling, disturbing, entertaining, this is a bloody riot from start to finish. In every good sense.
Goodreads reviewer - TB
Donald has spun another terrific yarn, skilfully interweaving heart-thumping action sequences with a compelling plot... his writing is original and completely convincing. The Saxon Wolf is another step forward and a step up in the Fire Born series. Compelling, disturbing, entertaining, this is a bloody riot from start to finish. In every good sense.
Theodore Brun, author of A Burning Sea

About the author

Angus Donald

Angus Donald was born in China and educated at Marlborough College and Edinburgh University. He has worked as a fruit-picker in Greece, a waiter in New York and as an anthropologist studying magic and witchcraft in Indonesia. For fifteen years he was a journalist working in Hong Kong, India, Afghanistan and London. He now writes full time from a medieval farmhouse in Kent.

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