Valkyrie Rising

Viking Blood and Blade Saga, Book 5

By: Peter Gibbons

Narrated by: Paul Metcalfe

If you like Bernard Cornwell, Conn Iggulden, Simon Scarrow, and David Gemmell, you will love this Viking adventure saga packed with battles, vengeance, blood, and gore.

878 AD, Norway. The fight to secure Harald Fairhair’s throne is over, but one last battle sends a crew of Viking Warriors on a desperate, blood-soaked quest.

Hundr, a Northman with a dog's name...a crew of battle hardened warriors...and a voyage that will determine the fate of Ragnarok itself.

The crew of the warship Seaworm sail the Whale Road across Viking Europe in search of a spear said to have been forged for Odin himself. Ragnhild, Hundr’s sword-sister and Valkyrie Priestess, must recover the mythical weapon if she is to be restored to her order. The Burned Man stands in their way, a vicious warlord bent on vengeance who will stop at nothing to kill Hundr and his old friend Einar the Brawler.

Hundr must join the war for King Alfred’s nascent Kingdom of England and venture home, to the great city of Novgorod. Can he survive brutal attacks and vicious shield wall battles in this fast paced adventure with striking characters and bloodthirsty action?

Valkyrie Rising continues the unmissable Viking historical fiction saga series which began with award-winning author Peter Gibbons' debut novel Viking Blood and Blade.

©2023 Peter Gibbons (P)2023 Peter Gibbons

Disappointing

I feel that this story is rushed always going to a theme demonstrated throughout the other four. This may have been tolerable if not for the narrator. I’m am disappointed that one found him fine to rush to get this narrated I would have preferred a wait for a decent one if none had been available

Narrator annoying- be warned

The narrator is so annoying. His constant mispronunciation drove me crazy. His weird and unnecessary accents was very distracting and took away from a great story.

Worst of the 5, but still good

SPOILER: the first and third book were completely devoted to Hundir finding Love, but it escaped him. Again, 2 whole books! Then book 5 starts out with him in love…. No story about it. No background. Just he’s in love and she loves him back. A minor detail. Geez!!! Come on man! All of us are diehard Hundir fans and you start the book like it’s no big deal, he and Sigrid are in love?! Super disappointed in that.

Otherwise though still a great book. Narrator was fine, don’t understand the complaints about that. Just the story was the weakest of the 5 books so far. A great read but lacked the usual attention to detail the other books have.

awesome

great series! 3 more to go and it is great . love this series I'm 5 books deep in a week

The Best!

What an amazing series. Would be awesome if they made this into an TV show.