Burden to Bear (book 1 of 3)
Telling the Norse myths is a lot easier than living them.
Ansgar isn’t your typical viking: He tells stories of gods and heroes for a living.
When viking crews set out to do something insane, they want a chronicler who can spin the crazy into the heroic. Ansgar runs into one band of brothers intent on doing something truly stupid. They need a skilled storyteller, as their last five were all devoured, drowned, or hacked to death soon after joining. That new recruit has to be capable of surviving long enough to tell the tale, though.
Ansgar doesn’t want some troll to rip his arms off. But damn, it’s going to be a great story if he survives.
Rune to Ruin (book 2 of 3)
The truth is buried for a reason.
Ansgar the Skald is sailing into the middle of an epic war between two legendary vikings. That’s about to be the least of his problems.
Delving deep beneath Midgard? Battling trolls, sea monsters, and sorcerers? Just another season for Ansgar and the crew of the Sea Squirrel as they seek revenge for fallen friends.
This time, they will need to cross even more dangerous thresholds. The realm of the dead awaits, where secrets are easier to uncover. That deep wisdom has a price, though, and it might cost Ansgar his sanity.
It helps to have Haldor Skullsplitter and company watching his back. But it will take all Ansgar’s powers of poetry and runes, a guardian spirit, and a shapeshifting sword to survive this adventure.
Fallen to Fury (book 3 of 3)
No mercy from the poet.
Just when Ansgar the Skald wants to focus on a simple thing like revenge, his crew goes and makes him their leader.
That’s a lot of responsibility for a poet fixated on killing a traitor. Now he has to think about bigger issues, like politics and alliances. And how to stop an army of demigods from taking over Midgard.
Tyrfing, the cursed sword of legend, might be the edge he needs. But does Tyrfing’s owner truly wield it, or is the sword in control?
Telling the Norse myths was so much easier than living them. Now Ansgar will need to go even further and create one if he wants to win.