Erik The Red

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  • Love
  • and
  • destruction,
  • toil
  • and
  • triumph
  • blend
  • in
  • a
  • gripping
  • historical
  • fiction
  • account
  • of
  • the
  • life
  • of
  • Erik
  • the
  • Red,
  • taking
  • him
  • from
  • the
  • Iceland
  • into
  • the
  • great
  • unknown
  • as
  • he
  • searches
  • for
  • his
  • place
  • in
  • the
  • world.
  • Exiled
  • from
  • his
  • homeland
  • of
  • Norway
  • as
  • a
  • boy,
  • Erik
  • Thorvladsson
  • wants
  • nothing
  • more
  • than
  • to
  • honor
  • his
  • father's
  • legacy
  • and
  • to
  • figure
  • out
  • where
  • he
  • belongs
  • in
  • the
  • world.
  • But
  • to
  • claim
  • and
  • cultivate
  • his
  • own
  • homestead
  • is
  • no
  • easy
  • task.
  • Navigating
  • natural
  • disasters,
  • violent
  • clashes,
  • and
  • banishment,
  • he
  • seeks
  • his
  • fortunes
  • in
  • an
  • Iceland
  • on
  • the
  • brink
  • of
  • change.
  • But
  • when
  • a
  • conflict
  • over
  • property
  • erupts
  • into
  • violence,
  • Erik
  • is
  • outlawed
  • from
  • the
  • country
  • for
  • three
  • years
  • and
  • sets
  • off
  • on
  • his
  • greatest
  • challenge
  • of
  • all.
  • Assembling
  • a
  • group
  • of
  • settlers,
  • he
  • and
  • his
  • family
  • sail
  • west
  • into
  • uncertainty,
  • hoping
  • to
  • finally
  • find
  • a
  • green
  • and
  • prosperous
  • land
  • to
  • call
  • their
  • own.
  • "A
  • mysterious
  • death
  • and
  • a
  • fantastical
  • curse
  • add
  • light
  • intrigue
  • while
  • mature
  • sexual
  • situations
  • make
  • this
  • a
  • great
  • crossover
  • novel
  • for
  • adult
  • readers."
  • -
  • Kirkus Reviews
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