Review: Book One better than its sequal!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 15, 2013
I bought both books at the same time, and read book two after book one.  Despite my low ratings for these books, I want to say that this author shows great promise.  He needs a good editor, and needs to do a bit more homework on the Viking Age Norse.  Besides a few textual errors, both books could stand more authenticity of what it meant to be a Norseman or Norsewoman in those times.  As a story-teller, the author does fairly well.  Occasionally though, the characters seem to do some dumb stuff, that appears out of character for that person.  The hero of both books, Ulfrik, is especially guilty of not only being contradictory to his character, but also kind of dumb in many ways, as well as coming off somewhat lacking as a Norseman.  Book two was worse in that regard than was Book One.  Still, all things considered, they are not bad books, just not great.  The author has a talent for story-telling, but just needs to hone his craft.  If he does write a third book, I would read it, if for no other reason than to see if he's improved.  I wish him well.