Anno Draconis: Dawn of the Dragon (The Viking Saga of Litt Ormr)

"Wine saves lives," Sigurd said. "Other men's lives.""Ja! It does!" Olaf laughed, "Pass that pitcher back down here! Let us save the lives of a thousand men!" 885 A.D.A Dark Monk haunts the Land of the Franks.The Viking Sigurd seeks vengeanceWill he find justice?Will all the world burn in his wake?Can Sister Katharine save her children from the wreck of war?Will Roger save the Kingdom? Or his Home?Can young Willie and his dog, Iggy, save Roger?Who is Brother Reignold? And why does he wander the land? Will the muderous Magnus reap what he has sown?From the author of the best-selling non-fiction book, Vikings, War and the Fall of the Carolingians, comes the sweeping epic saga of Sigurd, Litt Ormr (little dragon), a young man driven from his homeland on a quest for vengeance and justice. Destiny propels him. Doom awaits him. Mystery hounds him.A tale of murder and war, revenge and redemption. A world where magic slumbers in words and in the bones of the earth. Where dreams and reality are forged in the fires of War. Anno Draconis, Dawn of the Dragon, Book One, Part One of the Draconis series is an historical fiction novel set in 885 A.D., in medieval France amidst the crumbling remains of the Frankish Empire. While the flaccid descendants of Charlemagne squabble over table scraps, pagan Northmen ravage the land and its people with sword, axe, and torch: pillaging a path toward the gates of Paris.Anchored in solid history, woven with elements of magical realism, horror, suspense and mystery, a story of intense emotions and sweeping conflict, seeking to solve the timeless mystery: Who, or What, is the Dragon? If Bernard Cornwell's Uhtred, Stephen King's Roland the Gunslinger, Kung Fu's Caine, and Tolkien's Strider all met in the Green Dragon, drank themselves to oblivion and spent the night, their love-child would be Sigurd Hrolfsson, Litt OrmrIf you believe in the magic of language.If you are certain evil walks the Earth.If you search for dragons among us.Then you want this book!Plus, Vikings!What in Midgard are you waiting for? Scroll back up and click BUY NOW!

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