This story is set at the end of the tenth century and charts the journey a young warrior, whose father, Bersi, is killed during a raid on Wessex. Sven Bersisson has to grow up quickly and to follow in his father’s footsteps. Sweyn Skull Taker, his uncle, becomes his foster father and they raid Wessex and Frankia where the young warrior becomes a man. King Sweyn Forkbeard, the King of Denmark, uses their clan to help in his dream of defeating the Norwegians and then taking the throne of England. Sven becomes part of those plans but when he takes possession of a fabled Dragon Sword, his life changes and he becomes greater than his father could ever have dreamed.
I am revisiting the Viking world but this time I am looking at the Dane who became King of England. Cnut was a great king and my series will chart his progress. However, as with all my series this will be seen through the eyes of one of his men, Sven Bersisson. The first book sets the scene and, as in other books I have written, The Sword of Cartimandua and Dragonheart, it involves a story with a history. Swords were very important to those who lived in what we now mistakenly call the Dark Ages.
The journey Sven takes will reflect the journey both the Danes and the future King Cnut took in the eleventh century!
