Robert Low, The Whale Road
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The Whale Road Robert Low Dunne, Aug 2
The Whale Road
Robert Low
Dunne, Aug 2007, $24.95
ISBN: 9780312361945
In 965, merciless Einar the Black recruits fifteen years old Orm "the Bear Slayer" Ruriksson to his cold-blooded Oathsworn Viking raiders and mercenaries who sell their swords to the highest bidder yet are loyal to one another. The teen was chosen because he is the son of one of the toughest crewmen Rurik and more significant is said to have killed a polar bear; hence the nickname.
An apparent crazy woman insists she knows where Attila's "mountain of silver" is located; so they set sail for the fjord even as deadlier rivals also challenge for the loot including the Danish-Norwegian King Bluetooth and an immoral monk. However, the former wants the silver booty, but the latter seeks a relic of the White Christ, the "Spear of Destiny" that stabbed Jesus as he was crucified and Attila made into his sword.
THE WHALE ROAD is a superb tenth century Norse historical thriller that grips readers the moment Orm joins the Oathsworn band of brothers on their sea escapades all over northern Europe. The story line is fast-paced and never slows down even when the crew disembarks on dry land. Robert Low provides a powerful insightful high seas adventures of a teen growing up fast in the ruthless world of Beowulf.
Harriet Klausner
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