The Midgard Serpent, James L. Nelson
The Midgard Serpent, James L. Nelson
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The Midgard Serpent
A Novel of Viking Age England

Author: James L. Nelson

Narrator: Shaun Grindell

Unabridged: 17 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/06/2020


Synopsis

Thorgrim Night Wolf, now somewhere on the south coast of Engla-land, may be closer to his goal of returning home than he has been since reaching Ireland years before, but he is still very, very far away. His son Harald, however, has ambitions beyond just getting home. Given command of one of the ships in the fleet, Harald sees a chance to put his courage on display, unleashing consequences that will lead Thorgrim into a fight against the powerful armies of Wessex, a fight he does not want.

As Thorgrim struggles to keep his men alive, his eldest son Odd leads the resistance to King Halfdan's ruthless attempts to expand his rule over Norway. When a plan to bring Halfdan to heel goes terribly wrong, Odd alone is taken prisoner, and brutally punished as an example to those who would defy their king. But Halfdan's brutality does not cow the freemen: rather it stokes their anger into a red-hot rage that only freeing Odd and extracting further vengeance can cool.

About James L. Nelson

Naval enthusiast James L. Nelson is the award-winning author of many works of fiction and nonfiction. His books include George Washington's Secret Navy, which won the Naval Order's prestigious Samuel Eliot Morison Award, and Glory in the Name, which was selected as the winner of the American Library Association's W. Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction. He has appeared on the Discovery Channel, the History Channel, and C-SPAN's Book TV. He lives in Maine with his family.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Charles on July 19, 2020

The exciting saga of Thorgrim Nightwolf continues Another fine volume in the continuing saga of Thorgrim Nightwolf and his sons Harald and Odd. In these books Viking Age England, Ireland and Norway come alive through the imagination and research of James Nelson. Somehow, he makes sympathetic his Viki......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on May 27, 2020

Thorgrim the perfectly flawed hero I could never give this book anything less than 5 stars after being addicted to the series since reading the very first one. Thorgrim and his crew can find more trouble and I have a good imagination but mostly I'm thinking how will he survive this. And you can count......more

Goodreads review by James on May 29, 2020

Always great You will love this series. It’s just got great characters and a fantastic setting. Couldn’t put it down until I ran out of words to read.......more

Goodreads review by Robert B. Gaston on June 21, 2020

Keep the story alive Great read! Can't wait for the saga to continue! Especially like to see how Odd is fighting Halfdan the Black......more