- The
- Viking
- King
- Authun
- leads
- his
- men
- on
- a
- raid
- against
- an
- Anglo-Saxon
- village.
- Men
- and
- women
- are
- killed
- indiscriminately
- but
- Authun
- demands
- that
- no
- child
- be
- touched.
- He
- is
- acting
- on
- prophecy.
- A
- prophecy
- that
- tells
- him
- that
- the
- Saxons
- have
- stolen
- a
- child
- from
- the
- Gods.
- If
- Authun,
- in
- turn,
- takes
- the
- child
- and
- raises
- him
- as
- an
- heir,
- the
- child
- will
- lead
- his
- people
- to
- glory.But
- Authun
- discovers
- not
- one
- child,
- but
- twin
- baby
- boys.
- Ensuring
- that
- his
- faithful
- warriors,
- witnesses
- to
- what
- has
- happened,
- die
- during
- the
- raid
- Authun
- takes
- the
- children
- and
- their
- mother
- home,
- back
- to
- the
- witches
- who
- live
- on
- the
- troll
- wall.
- And
- he
- places
- his
- destiny
- in
- their
- hands.And
- so
- begins
- a
- stunning
- multi-volume
- fantasy
- epic
- that
- will
- take
- a
- werewolf
- from
- his
- beginnings
- as
- the
- heir
- to
- a
- brutal
- Viking
- king,
- down
- through
- the
- ages.
- It
- is
- a
- journey
- that
- will
- see
- him
- hunt
- for
- his
- lost
- love
- through
- centuries
- and
- lives,
- and
- see
- the
- endless
- battle
- between
- the
- wolf,
- Odin
- and
- Loki
- -
- the
- eternal
- trickster
- -
- spill
- over
- into
- countless
- bloody
- conflicts
- from
- our
- history,
- and
- over
- into
- our
- lives.This
- is
- the
- myth
- of
- the
- werewolf
- as
- it
- has
- never
- been
- told
- before
- and
- marks
- the
- beginning
- of
- an
- extraordinary
- new
- fantasy
- series
- from Gollancz.
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