History from a Woman's Perspective- A Book Blog

Sword of a Valkyrie (The Vinland to Valhalla Saga #2) Author: Melanie Karsak Genre: Historical Fiction, Fantasy  Publisher: Clockpunk Press Release Date: March 13, 2025 Pages: 400 Source: This book was given to me by the author in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis:       Born hearing the call of Valkyries.     Dreaming of distant shores.    Torn between the past and the future.     Destined to become a legend.     Iceland, 985—      When Eirik the Red sailed from Iceland to journey west, everyone knew he was mad. Everyone knew Jörmungandr would swallow him and his crew whole. Everyone lost faith in him, including his wife, who turned to her Christian friends for solace.     Everyone gave up on Eirik the Red, except his daughter.     When Eirik went west, so did Brien, the man Freydis loved. But Freydis knew her father’s determ...

The Heart of a Valkyrie (The Vinland to Valhalla Saga #1) Author: Melanie Karsak Genre: Historical Fiction, Fantasy Publisher: Clockpunk Press Release Date: March 5, 2023 Pages: 290 Source: This book was given to me by the author in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Born hearing the call of Valkyries.      Dreaming of distant shores.      Torn between the past and the future.      Destined to become a legend.      Iceland, 976—Freydis Eiriksdottir, born to a völva mother and berserker father, lives a quiet life on her remote farmstead in Iceland. Busy dreaming of the sea and haunted by the loss of her mother, she has no idea what the Norns have in store for her. When her father, Eirik the Red, marries the daughter of a powerful chieftain, the course of Freydis’s life changes forever.      Deciding that Freydis would be better off with the gothar, Eirik sen...