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description: An impressive and intricate novel thats rich in character and full of action. (Kirkus Reviews) In 1002 AD a young shaman's apprentice returns home to find that Norsemen have razed her village. Hilja begins an impossible quest to redeem her tribe and must use all her courage and craft to survive.Meanwhile Thorkell the Tall of the legendary Jomsvikings trains Prince Canute in the art of war while his secretive wife The Witch of Vestfold uses her sorcery to ensure to future of Lady Asta's son who will become the patron Saint of Norway.From the four corners of Scandinavia Flight of the Wren weaves history with battles magic intrigue and romance sweeping the reader on a collision course with the end of an age. A broad and lavish saga that spans five novels and thirty years we follow several threads that weave across the weft of history filled out by the weave of mystory.In this first novel of the series we see the origins of Olav Haraldsson and the apprenticeship of Canute the Great under Thorkell. We meet the crafty Witch of Vestfold and her children and watch as she shapes the future with her seidr magic.Thorkell's crew fights against vengeful Russians even as he goes to Uppsala to steal magical rune tiles for his wife and all along Hilja our heroine travels across the breadth of Scandinavia with her companion 'The Cursed Boy' in search of her lost tribe. Her ability to heal and speak with animals becomes the key to her survival as she fights for her people's future.
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title: Flight of the Wren
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