Book description
The epic and action packed third novel in Low's Oathsworn series,
charting the adventures of Orm and his band of Viking brothers
The Oathsworn have itchy feet. Battle-hungry and tired of keeping the
homestead fires burning, they are restless for action. And, being the
Oathsworn, action is what they get.
When their homestead is attacked by Klerkon and his men, the Oathsworn
promise bloody revenge. But they didn't count on having to undertake the
most dangeous journey of their lives in order to save two of their number.
Packed with epic adventure and bloody action, The White Raven is Robert
Low at his very best. Praise for The White Raven:
'Robert Low's Oathsworn trilogy is historical writing at its best and
most full-blooded, with its tremendous pacing, black comedy, a
wonderfully vivid and rough-hewn prose style like runes hacked into
granite, and most appealingly of all, its doomy, pagan sense of
comradeship-unto-death between Orm Rurikson and his band of Viking brothers'
WILLIAM NAPIER
Praise for The Whale Road
'A company of warriors, desperate battles, an enthralling read' BERNARD CORNWELL
'A fantastic book, one of the best I have read for years. There's a
wonderful earthiness to proceedings and he creates a tangible sense of
being there. There's a sturdy, lyrical and epic quality about the
writing which makes it feel like the kind of saga a Viking would recount
in his old age.'
SIMON SCARROW
'A stirring Viking series of blockbuster battles and religious intrigue.'
Publishing News
'All the right ingredients are firmly in place…above all there is the
storyline itself; told in an earthy, rough-and-ready stylewhich
perfectly compliments this saga for the 21st Century.'
Yorkshire Evening Post
'A fascinating read' The Glasgow Herald
'The Hangman humour of the band of sworn brothers gives Low's epic but
brutal tale real humanity and the detail of 10th century life is
wonderfully vivd. The action is fast and furious…shockingly believably
so. Low's debut novel hits the mark with maximum impact.'
Bridlington Today Robert Low has been a journalist and writer since
the age of seventeen. He covered the wars in Vietnam, Sarajevo, Romania
and Kosovo until common sense and the concerns of his wife and daughter prevailed.
To satisfy his craving for action, having moved to an area rich in
Viking tradition, he took up re-enactment, joining The Vikings. He now
spends his summers fighting furiously in helmet and mail in shieldwalls
all over Britain and winters training hard. He lives in Largs, Scotland.
