The Doomsong Voyage
By J. G. Harlond
By J. G. Harlond
Publication Date: 9th January 2025
Publisher: Penmore Press
Page Length: 250 Pages
Genre: Historical Fiction
Long ago in the Cold North, Finn, a young tale-maker, encounters the Wanderer, Master Odo in a Baltic island tavern. Master Odo tells Finn there will soon be a terrible climate catastrophe and tasks him with sailing to the Middle Sea to locate the absent Volsung clan leader, Goran Ice-heart. Ice-heart must return to the North to lead his people to a warmer land before an imminent volcanic eruption. Master Odo gives Finn the legendary Doomsong sword, which he must hand to Ice-heart as the rightful clan leader. Finn also receives a grave warning: he will meet obstacles and dangers on his voyage, and a powerful, fire-loving enemy will try to prevent his success. Finn’s voyage is hindered by a sell-sword named Beorn Wolfman, who leads Finn to Heorot of the Grendel legend. Finn’s life is in jeopardy, but he has help from a Katranina, a strange girl with ginger hair and amber-green eyes, who is often nearby in times of danger. Their voyage continues to Hispania, where Finn comes into conflict with Viking raiders and is then captured in the Barbalus emirate and used to bait a trap to catch Ice-heart.
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J. G. Harlond
Secret agents, skulduggery, sea voyages and a touch of romance . . .
Creator of the infamous Ludo da Portovenere, J.G. Harlond (Jane) writes page-turning historical crime novels set during the 17th Century and World War II. Each story weaves fictional characters into real events.
Jane also writes Viking-age historical fantasy drawing on Norse myths and legends.
Prior to becoming a full-time fiction author, Jane was involved in international education and wrote a number of school textbooks.
After travelling widely – she has visited or lived in most of the locations in her novels – Jane is now settled in her husband’s home province of Andalucía, Spain.
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I have not read a viking based book in ages. I have added The Doomsong Voyage to my to-read list.
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