Eric Brighteyes

In 10th century Iceland, Eric Brighteyes loves Gudruda the Fair, but her father, a priest of the old gods, dismisses him as a man without prospects. What begins as a contest for Gudruda's hand becomes something far deadlier when Swanhild, Gudruda's half-sister and a vengeful sorceress, enters the picture. Swanhild wants Eric for herself, and when she cannot have him, she unleashes Ospakar Blacktooth, a ruthless chieftain, against her rival. Battles follow. Betrayals cut deeper than blades. The northlands run red. Haggard writes adventure the way a blacksmith forges steel: in straight, sure strokes. This is romance with edges, heroes tested until only the strongest survive, and odds so against them they would break lesser men. For readers who want their love stories dangerous and their battles meaningful.