Raven 3: Odin's Wolves

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<p><i>We lusted for an even greater prize: one that can never be lost or stolen or burnt...</i></p><p>Raven and his fellow Vikings have suffered. Good men have died. Hard-won treasure has been lost. But for these Norsemen, there is something more precious than gold or silver, and that is fame - for<i>this</i>is what a warrior leaves behind when he has breathed his last.</p><p>And so the brotherhood sail for Constantinople, the city they call Miklagard. There, it is rumoured, both riches and glory are to be found, but the journey takes them through unknown and dangerous waters - from the wind-whipped marshes of the Camargue to the treachery and faded glory of a once-mighty Rome.</p><p>For Raven and the Wolfpack there is a high price to pay for the fame they seek. Miklagard's streets may seem paved with gold, but they also run with blood . . .</p><p>A brilliant, brutal new chapter in the story of Raven, this is historical fiction at its most authentic and exciting.</p>

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<p>Family history (he is half Norwegian) and a passion for the fiction of Bernard Cornwell inspired<b>GILES KRISTIAN</b>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. The novels<i>The Bleeding Land</i>and <i>Brothers Fury</i>tell the story of a family torn apart by the English Civil War, and he co-wrote Wilbur Smiths No.1 bestseller,<i>Golden Lion</i>. In his new novel,<i>Lancelot</i>, Giles plunges into the rich and swirling waters of our greatest island 'history': the Arthurian legend. Giles Kristian lives in Leicestershire.</p>

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