Book description
Will you swear to take me?Halfdan stared gravely at his daughter. In my
heart, I will. One morning Solveig wakes to find her father, Halfdan,
gone. Halfdan is a Viking mercenary who longs to rejoin his friend,
Harald Hardrada, in Constantinople, where he is leader of the Empresss
guard. But when he goes, he breaks his promise to take his daughter.
Solveig decides to follow him. She sets off in a tiny boat and into an
adventure along the Baltic and through the river routes of Russia to the
Black Sea. She joins forces with Swedish traders, meets a ghost-ship and
an English slave, a charming thief and a Russian king. She is caught in
an arrow-storm, narrowly misses being sold as a slave herself, and
witnesses a living sacrifice. Through it all, Solveigs belief in her
father is unwavering. Will she ever reach Constantinople? And will her
father be there?A glittering novel that explores friendship and
betrayal, the father-daughter relationship, the clash of religions and
the journey from childhood to adulthood. Will you swear to take
me?Halfdan stared gravely at his daughter. In my heart, I will. One
morning Solveig wakes to find her father, Halfdan, gone. Halfdan is a
Viking mercenary who longs to rejoin his friend, Harald Hardrada, in
Constantinople, where he is leader of the Empresss guard. But when he
goes, he breaks his promise to take his daughter. Solveig decides to
follow him. She sets off in a tiny boat and into an adventure along the
Baltic and through the river routes of Russia to the Black Sea. She
joins forces with Swedish traders, meets a ghost-ship and an English
slave, a charming thief and a Russian king. She is caught in an
arrow-storm, narrowly misses being sold as a slave herself, and
witnesses a living sacrifice. Through it all, Solveigs belief in her
father is unwavering. Will she ever reach Constantinople? And will her
father be there?A glittering novel that explores friendship and
betrayal, the father-daughter relationship, the clash of religions and
the journey from childhood to adulthood.
