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Fierce Kindle Edition
Yngvild grew up on the small island of Straven, with her foster brother Noren, and a small group of adults that crew a fishing boat and look after a small flock of sheep. It's a quiet backwater in the Western Isles, and apart from the odd visit by raiders, pretty safe. Until the King's Ship Seagull comes visiting, keeping an eye on the mysterious visitor from afar that turned up unannounced.
Yngvild and Noren go to the capital, Kronstadt, with Old Bjorn, the man she thought was her father. On the way Helga Trollslayer, Yngvild's natural mother, passes the legendary sword known as Jafnadr to her. Yngvild, Noren, and others, are heroes descended from the gods. On arrival at Krondstadt they're dropped into the murky world of heroes, and their troubles begin.
Yngvild is nicknamed 'the Fierce'. At the age of 14 she scared off some raiders by bouncing a practice arrow off the helmet of their leader, twice. Now a young woman with voices in her head, which she thinks are from the legendary sword she's just been given, or maybe the silver talisman she wears round her neck. Yngvild and Noren set out to find out who killed her father, and seek justice…
- Reading age12 - 18 years
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateMay 1, 2024
Product details
- ASIN : B0CBQL9HJS
- Publisher : Castlegreen Publishing; 0 edition (May 1, 2024)
- Publication date : May 1, 2024
- Language : English
- File size : 5547 KB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 321 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #3,655,709 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #2,070 in Nordic Myth & Legend Fantasy eBooks
- #4,408 in Norse & Viking Myth & Legend
- #9,095 in Teen & Young Adult Coming of Age Fantasy eBooks
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About the author
All author royalties will be donated to charity.
James Kemp is a Glaswegian with a strong talent for telling stories. He has studied Creative Writing with the open university and also has a BSc from the University of Glasgow. He writes a variety of fiction, non-fiction & poetry. His first published story, Crisis Point, came from taking part in the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) in 2012. He has also written about his experiences as a creative writing student.
Almost 30 years after he went to work full-time for the UK civil service in London he is now back in his native Scotland as a senior civil servant. Living in Angus with his fantastic wife and youngest child. James is also an explorer scout leader training teenagers for the Duke of Edinburgh Award.
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