The Raven and the Cross (Erik Haraldsson)

The Raven and the Cross (Erik Haraldsson)

A Tale of Bloody Mayhem, Perfect For Readers of Angus Donald, Tim Hodkinson, James L Nelson and Giles Kristian. The North: 937AD Three years have passed since the English king Athelstan bribed treacherous jarls to take Erik’s half-brother as king in Norway. Forced from his kingdom, Erik Bloodaxe returns to the Viking ways of his youth. Warlords are driven from Danish lands, Saxony burns, and Dublin falls to a brutal assault before the prow beasts of Erik’s fleet turn south to stalk the seas off Al-Andalus. As Erik’s reputation as a battle winner spreads his sons grow to manhood, and together they carve a new kingdom to rule from the islands that gird Britain’s North-West. But Bloodaxe is not alone in suffering the Imperial ambitions of the southern English, and when a half-remembered figure leads a Northumbrian deputation to the king’s Orkney fastness, events are set in motion that will lure Erik south to face his greatest test. The Raven and the Cross continues the turbulent story of Erik Haraldsson, a legendary king of the Viking Age. What Readers and Reviewers are saying: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ If there's currently a better writer of Historical Fiction than C.R. May, I haven't read them. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A wonderful recreation of the Viking world, with all its customs and beliefs and bloody brutal glory. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The battle scenes, of which there are many, are gory, detailed and hugely entertaining while the descriptions of life in tenth century England and Scandinavia (and forays into warmer climes too) are vivid enough to make the reader smell the dung. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A truly stunning read that was nigh on impossible to put down. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I can't recommend this series enough, C.R. May is a brilliant writer with obvious passion and knowledge of the time. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A compelling plot that mixes action, intrigue, travelling, and historical fiction at its best.