![]() At the same time, strong-willed Svanhild finds escape in the form of Solvi, the self-confessed instrument of her brother's betrayal, who takes her as his latest bride. Exposing his stepfather, Ragnvald goes off to fight alongside Harald Halfdansson, the future king of Norway. The source of both their unhappiness is their stepfather, Olaf Ottarsson, who plotted to have Ragnvald killed and Svanhild married off. Rescued by a fisherman, Ragnvald eventually returns home to his beloved sister, Svanhild, who is miserably betrothed to an older man, Thorkell. ![]() It is 11.48pm and I Just finished the Sea Queen.I have enjoyed both the Half Drowned King and The Sea Queen and look forward to the third book in the trilogy. I am also an avid knitter, Crosfitter, traveler. Ragnvald Eysteinsson is on his way home from a raiding expedition across the North Atlantic when he is betrayed by his captain, Solvi Hunthiofsson, and flung overboard. Those explorations gave me the seeds of my first novel, The Half-Drowned King, and the subsequent books in the trilogy. ![]() The first book in a viking trilogy telling the compelling story of the political intrigues, battles, and struggles for power that led to the rise of King Harald the Fair-Haired, first king of Norway, seen through the eyes of the young man who became his most trusted warrior and advisor. ![]()
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