Lesley is the author of six novels, including Legends of the Five Directions (The Golden Lynx, The Winged Horse, and The Swan Princess), a historical fiction series set in 1530s Russia, during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible. On Archive of Our Own (AO3), users can make profiles, create works and other Content, post comments, give Kudos, create Collections and Bookmarks, participate. In The Half-Drowned King ( Harper, 2017),the first book in a trilogy, Linnea Hartsuyker provides a richly detailed and captivating portrait of three young people whose hearts war with their loyalties in the turbulent period leading up to the establishment of the first united Norwegian kingdom.Ĭ. Unfortunately for them both, the seafarer is Solvi. In contrast, the characters in The Half-Drowned King are pale figures in a colourful yet hostile landscape (with the exception of Solvi) the pace throughout the book’s 420+ pages hardly varies, so. Listen to bestselling audiobooks on the web, iPad, iPhone and Android. A handsome young seafarer catches her eye. Listen to The Half-Drowned King by Linnea Hartsuyker with a free trial. Meanwhile, Ragnvald's sister has her own issues with their stepfather-most notably, his plans to marry her off to a rich elderly neighbor. Cut off from home and family, denied the bride he was promised, Ragnvald sets out to recoup his fortunes and avenge his wrongs by swearing service for a year to Hakon, lord of a neighboring kingdom. But a fisherman pulls him out, and when Ragnvald recovers enough from his wounds and near-drowning to reach his home in southern Norway, he learns that his own stepfather paid Solvi to ensure that Ragnvald would never survive to reclaim the lands left him by his father. Ragnvald falls into the fjord and is given up for dead. Ragnvald Eysteinsson is returning from years raiding in Ireland under the leadership of Solvi and focused on winning a contest with his fellow sailors when Solvi attacks.
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