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When Viking warlord Hasting arrives at the gates of Constantinople, he knows he can't conquer it. Not with deeds of arms alone. But fate has other plans. His failed raid turns into an opportunity: serve Empress Theodora as her sword-for-hire. Hasting quickly proves himself more capable than the generals she no longer trusts. But the empire is a viper's nest of betrayal, and when an attempt to scare off his men ends in the death of his lover, Hasting's mission changes.

For Hasting the Avenger, fame and glory were supposed to last forever. Two years after the legendary sack of Paris, Hasting remains haunted—not by his triumph but by the bitter twist of fate that Ragnar’s name made it into the songs of the Skalds and not his. Drowning in resentment and drink, he has become a shadow of the Viking warrior he once was. When his wife divorces him, strips him of his wealth, and takes his son, Hasting’s world collapses around him.

Ein Must-read für alle Geschichtsfans! Gabrielle C. J. Couillez entführt in das mittelalterliche Frankreich. Okzitanien in Südfrankreich im 13. Jahrhundert. Olivier ist zehn Jahre alt, als der Kreuzzug gegen die Katharer beginnt. Verloren in den Wirren des Krieges wächst er im Exil bei seinem Stiefvater und seinem Onkel auf. Schließlich wird er zum Ritter am barcelonischen Hof. Während die Inquisition in seiner Heimat wütet, gerät er zwischen die Fronten seiner wahren Überzeugungen, der Krone und dem Vatikan.