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The Assault (Paperback)
Loot Price: R275
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The Assault (Paperback)
Series: Viking Blood, 1
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Loot Price R275
Discovery Miles 2 750
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"The Assault" is the first book of five in the Viking Blood series
by Marianne Slot. One fateful day the Viking boy Hauge survives a
violent attack on his village, meets a young Christian monk,
Hannibal, and a lifelong friendship begins. In these five books
Norse mythology, Viking feuds, trades, and voyages to Iceland,
Shetland and Haithabu, is brought to life in an exciting story of
life and death. We follow Hauge as his life evolves around the
vital consequences of that dramatic day; through vengeance and
love; hardships of hunger and suffering, culminating in a final
raid to England. "Run, Hauge Run " Suddenly, all Hauge hears is his
father's voice, it drowns out the screams, the clashing of swords,
and the roar of the fires from the torched houses. Haakon
Gilmarsson and his men have attacked the village. For a split
second, Hauge sees the fear in his father's eyes and understands;
this is not a request. ..... Later the young Christian monk,
Hannibal, tells Hauge that his father, Styrbjorn, has been killed
in the bloody attack on their village. This is the beginning of a
lifelong friendship, and Hauge wonders about the strange new God
that Hannibal talks about. When Hauge's father is laid to rest, in
the manner customary for a Viking Chieftain, the dumb thrall-girl
Astrid is chosen to follow her master to Valhalla. Yet Hauge tries
to prevent this when Astrid "tells" him something. During
Styrbjorn's burial ceremony, Aasa, Hauge's mother, promises her
deceased husband that Hauge will avenge him when the time is right.
Hannibal and the older, stern monk, Peter, continue on their
journey, but Hannibal promises Hauge that they will return. After
they have left Hauge finds an unexpected gift.
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