Showing results for "Viking" in Fairy Tales

Silla Nordvig is running for her life. The Queen of Íseldur has sent warriors to bring Silla to Sunnavík, where death awaits her. When her father is killed, his last words set Silla on a perilous quest: travel the treacherous Road of Bones—a thousand-mile stretch haunted by warbands, creatures of darkness, and a mysterious murderer—and go to Kopa, where a shield house awaits her. After barely surviving the first stretch of road, a desperate Silla sneaks into a supply wagon belonging to the notorious Bloodaxe Crew. To make it to Kopa, she must win over Axe Eyes, the brooding leader of the Crew.

Only a fool would venture into the soul-stealing mists. That’s exactly where Odin is going. Along with blood-brother Loki, he hunts the frost giant who murdered his father. Caught between the machinations of Loki and a goddess, Odin is drawn into a world of sorcerers, trolls, and terrible secrets. Before he’s done, Midgard will drown in blood.

Det er fortællingen om den viking, der senere blev dansk konge efter en magtkamp med faderen, Harald blåtand (som han myrdede!), og grundlagde Danmark. Han indtog dele af Norge og Sverige og hele England, hvor han i 1013 - året før sin død - blev anerkendt som kongen over alle engelske. Romanen er resultatet af flere års research og må betragtes som det første opgør med den historieopfattelse, ifølge hvilken Sven Tveskæg kun var en brutal parentes i dansk og nordeuropæisk historie.

L'univers de Neil Gaiman est nourri par les légendes nordiques. Il revient à ses sources et nous raconte enfin la grande saga des dieux scandinaves qui l'ont inspiré pour son chef d'œuvre "American Gods". De la genèse des neuf mondes au crépuscule des dieux et l'ère des hommes, ils reprennent vie : Odin, le plus puissant des dieux, sage, courageux et rusé ; Thor, son fils, incroyablement fort mais tumultueux ; Loki fils d'un géant et frère d'Odin, escroc et manipulateur inégalable.

Viking berserker Vikar lives for the fight until he meets Pure, Odin's ice maiden and divine enforcer. Hired to protect her, Vikar will do anything to possess her - on his own erotic terms. She's the ice maiden sent to test him. Vikar can kill - but can he love? Ordered by Odin to test the Viking's limits and to execute him if he fails her test, the savage Viking shifter tempts Pure to break her icy reserve and to give in to his wicked demands...and her own dark desires. He's fought for gods and kings...now he fights for her.

Îles Lofoten, Norvège, autour de l'an 1020. La vie de Thorfinn Bjarnison, le fils d'un respectable viking du Bjørnsand, bascule lorsqu'âgé de 7 ans, il doit déplorer la disparition tragique de son père. Une quinzaine d'années plus tard, le destin de Thorfinn bascule de nouveau lorsqu'il repêche des eaux le corps de la belle Aeryn. En s'éprenant éperdument de la jeune Princesse des Orcades, il se met à dos l'ennemi le plus implacable qui soit : le cruel Jarl Olaf de Bergen. Dès lors, celui-ci n'aura de cesse de le poursuivre.

Francia AD 853. After a failed Viking raid on the Frankish coast over 20 years ago, Jarl Sven the Boar is forced to leave his only son, Torkel, as a hostage and warned never to raid Francia again or his son will die. In Hügelburg, a small town in East Francia, Torkel and his 9-year-old son Charles are ambushed at home. Before dying, Torkel thrusts a package into young Charles’s hands and tells him to flee Francia for Denmark in search of his grandfather Sven the Boar’s protection.

Loki vowed that Asgard would burn. Bohdi Patel, latest incarnation of Chaos, wants nothing to do with Loki's psychotic oath. Stranded on the icy world of Jotunheim with Amy Lewis, his friend Steve Rogers, and an unlikely band of civilians, magical beings, and elite military, Bohdi just wants to keep himself and his friends alive - but when you're Chaos incarnate, even the simplest goals are complicated. If Jotunheim doesn't kill them, Odin will. And if Odin doesn't, the secrets they harbor might.

After being attacked by a serial killer, being saved by Loki - so-called god of mischief, lies, and chaos - being dragged to Alfheim, losing every cent in her bank account, and caring for her grandmother, Amy Lewis has lost her scholarship to veterinary school. But it's all right. She has a plan. If she manages to keep her day job as a receptionist and her night job as a vet tech, she may be able to get her scholarship reinstated and save enough money for the dreaded "miscellaneous fees". Too bad her day boss is unbearable....

The people of An Innis have fallen on hard times. Vengeful thieves, rumored to be men returned from death, have brought the island to its knees. Using a fleet of captured ships, they systematically plunder everything that enters or attempts to leave the coastal waters that surround the island. The Sigil Blade, the first book of the Archon Sigil trilogy, tells the story of Edryd, a man who is trying to reinvent himself and conceal the truth about his past.

Eine göttliche Stimme aus der tiefgrünen See. Ein blaues Segel in einem Traum. Und der Aufbruch zu einer Reise, von der es kein Zurück mehr gibt... Seit sieben Jahren baut die Einzelgängerin Eyvor ein Drachenboot in einem Fjord. Als sich immer mehr Außenseiterinnen um sie scharen, wird sie unerwartet zur Kapitänin eines Schiffes, das eigentlich niemals in See stechen sollte. Die Letzte, die sich ihr anschließt, ist Herdis, das Krähenkind: Verfolgt von Berserkern zwingt sie die Gruppe zum Aufbruch.

Written by an anonymous storyteller in the 13th Century, and describing events between 960 and 1020, Njáls saga is one of the great works of medieval literature. The longest and most celebrated of the Icelandic sagas, it deals with family honour, vengeance and a vicious blood feud spanning almost 50 years. Based on the classic translation by Magnus Magnusson and Hermann Pálsson, this gripping dramatisation centres around two friends.

Injustement méconnue dans notre pays, la mythologie scandinave est l'une des plus riches d'Europe et constitue le chaînon manquant entre la raison Grecque et la magie Celte. À l'origine de nombreuses légendes, elle a inspiré les plus grands auteurs dont le fameux J. R. R. Tolkien pour sa magnifique saga du "Seigneur des anneaux". Avec ce précis, la mythologie scandinave s'offre à vous ! De Odin à Loke en passant par Thor et les Valkyries sans oublier Blader et le loup de Fenris, l'auteur nous conte ces mythes vikings en présentant chaque dieu avec leurs fonctions et leurs célèbres légendes.