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The Vikings return in Giles Kristian´s thrilling, heart-in-mouth sequel to God of Vengeance, which Conn Iggulden called ´a masterwork´ and Wilbur Smith declared that it ´stirs the blood and thrills the soul´...

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Norway, AD 785 - a vow of vengeance must be kept . . .
Sigurd Haraldarson has proved himself a great warrior . . . and a dangerous enemy.
He has gone a long way towards avenging the murder of his family. And yet the oath-breaker King Gorm, who betrayed Sigurd´s father, still lives. And so long as he draws breath, the scales remain unbalanced.
The sacred vow to avenge his family burns in Sigurd´s veins, but he must be patient and bide his time. He knows that he and his band of warriors are not yet strong enough to confront the treacherous king. They need silver, they need more spear-brothers to rally to the young Viking´s banner - but more than these, they need to win fame upon the battlefield.
And so the fellowship venture west, to Sweden, to fight as mercenaries. And it is there - in the face of betrayal and bloodshed, on a journey that will take him all too close to the halls of Valhalla - that Sigurd´s destiny will be forged. There, in the inferno of winter´s fire . . .
The Vikings return in this thrilling, thunderous sequel to Giles Kristian´s bestselling God of Vengeance.

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"Storm-blown, salt-flecked and gore-spattered, Winter´s Fire is a belter of a novel. It´s just what I have come to expect from the master storyteller, Giles Kristian, whose books throw the reader headlong into the Viking age . . . this is a stirring tale of comradeship, bloodshed and treachery. It´s perfect for fans of historical fiction and fantasy alike, from Cornwell to Abercrombie." BEN KANE

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Family history (he is half Norwegian) and a passion for the fiction of Bernard Cornwell inspired GILES KRISTIAN to write. Set in the Viking world, his bestselling ´Raven´ and ´The Rise of Sigurd´ trilogies have been acclaimed by his peers, reviewers and readers alike. In The Bleeding Land and Brothers´ Fury, he tells the story of a family torn apart by the English Civil War. He also co-wrote Wilbur Smith´s No.1 bestseller, Golden Lion. In his most recent novel, the Sunday Times bestseller Lancelot, Giles plunged into the rich waters of the Arthurian legend. For his next book, he continues his epic reimagining of our greatest island ´history´.
Giles Kristian lives in Leicestershire.

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