By turns heart-racing, intriguing, and touching, this is not a book for the faint-hearted – I can’t wait for more’ Theodore Brun, author of A Burning Sea ‘With The Last Berserker, Donald has given us the first cut of some serious Dark Age beef. A tale worthy of the skalds’ Giles Kristian, author of the Raven series I welcome Angus Donald to the shield wall of Viking fiction like a thirsty man welcomes a mead-brother to the feast. It is a wonderful, rich and violent brew. ‘Donald has taken the legendary berserkers, those frothing-at-the-mouth shield-biters, and made them human, which once again proves that Donald is a writer not only at the top of his game, but of the game. It will fall to Bjarki, Tor and the men and women of Saxony to resist him in a struggle for the fate of all Europe.Praise for The Last Berserker The West’s greatest warlord vows to stamp out his neighbours’ superstitions and bring the light of the True Faith to the Northmen – at the point of a sword. Karolus, newly crowned King of the Franks, has a thorn in his side: the warlike Saxon tribes on his northern borders who shun the teachings of the Church, blasphemously continuing to worship their pagan gods.An epic battle for the soul of the North In this most holy place, they hope to learn how to summon their animal spirits so they can enter the ranks of the legendary berserkir: the elite frenzied fighters of the North.One Christian king Their destination is the Irminsul, the One Tree that links the Nine Worlds of the Middle-Realm.
Bjarki Bloodhand and Tor Hildarsdottir are journeying south into Saxony. 'A gory, gleeful treat' The Times The greatest warriors are forged in the flames Two pagan fightersħ71AD, Northern Europe. ‘Donald delivers a masterclass’ Theodore Brun, author of A Burning Sea ‘Donald is a writer not only at the top of his game, but of the game’ Giles Kristian, author of the Raven series
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