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    Viking Blood 4 "New Life"
    Viking Blood 4 "New Life"
    Viking Blood 4 "New Life"
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    Viking Blood 4 "New Life"

    By Marianne Slot

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    Fourth book in the series "Viking Blood"
    by Marianne Slot

    "A thundering noise from somewhere above cuts off his thoughts.
    Torleif and the dogs have stopped abruptly. Torleif looks around. Suddenly he yells:
    “Let’s get out of here! I think it’s an avalanche!
    Just then masses of snow thunder down the mountainside. At first it is only light snow, and small lumps of snow. But soon the air is thick with snow. They can’t see a thing in front of them.
    Torleif jostles through the snow. He grasps hold of Hilda and drags her off. And Hauge gropes through the whirling snow towards the spot where he last saw Edwina.
    “Edwina! EDWINA!” he yells. But it is drowned out by the roaring of the snow-blizzard.
    ....."

    The winter after the avenging raid Hannibal and Edwina are still in Hauge’s village. As the last of the snow has smelted Hauge tells his mother Aasa that he wants to marry Edwina, although she is a Christian.
    The wedding is held as Norse custom demands with a sacrifice of animals to the Gods and three days of celebration. Vagn, one of Sven’s men, tries to sabotage the party but is sent away.
    A couple of months after the wedding three ships sail on a voyage to Iceland, where Hauge trades for walrus tusks to sell in Haithabu. They leave Iceland after a dramatic confrontation in Smokey Bay.
    On their way to Haithabu the ships are caught in a violent gale and Vagn’s ship is lost near the Faroe Isles.
    When they return home yet another surprise awaits Hauge.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMarianne Slot
    Release dateJul 6, 2011
    ISBN9788792811080
    Viking Blood 4 "New Life"
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    Marianne Slot

    Marianne Slot was a teacher for 30 years and is now a full-time writer. Ever since she was a little girl she has been a writer of poems, stories, and fairy tales! She was so addicted to writing that she spent most of her breaks in primary school writing.For years she hid her writings in a drawer, however, after six years of living and teaching in Greenland, she felt compelled to write about the many good, sad, and exciting experiences from that beautiful country. It resulted in eight books about an Inuit boy and his life in a small Greenlandic settlement beneath the Northern Lights. Many children in Danish schools have learned about Greenland through these books. (Published in 1994-95 by Gyldendal, the largest publishing company in Denmark.)This gave her the courage to continue publishing her stories, and a few years later the five books about the brave Viking, Hauge, were published. (The series: "Viking Blood")Since then she has published several books in Danish, the series ‘Prince Salino’, which is a fantasy story, and is currently involved in an international film script/children's book project.She lives with her husband in an old thatched farmhouse in Reersoe, Denmark, a small inlet in an area rich with relics, fortresses, and burial mounds.

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      Viking Blood 4 "New Life" - Marianne Slot

      NEW LIFE - VIKING BLOOD 4

      by Marianne Slot

      Illustrations and cover Pia Falck Pape

      English Translation Copyrighted © 2010 by Lisbeth Løvbjerg Trampe

      First eBook edition 2011

      ePub-production: EasyBookDesign, Copenhagen

      ISBN 978-87-92811-08-0 ePub edition

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

      This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This eBook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Published by: MARI’ Strandvejen 38, 4281, Gørlev, Denmark, Tlf.: +45 31572525

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      http://www.vikingblood.org

      The moral right of Marianne Slot to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, designs and Patens Act 1988

      In the same series:

      1. The Assault

      2. Secrets

      3. Revenge

      4. New Life

      5. Raiding

      Dedication

      To Bjarke, Rune, and Leo:

      I especially want to thank Bjarke Slot, Frederik Smidt, and the other brave Vikings who inspired me to write this series through their musical:

      The Saga Hauge Styrbjornson

      Table of Contents

      1. Introduction

      2. The Traps

      3. The Avalanche

      4. Olav

      5. In the Bathhouse

      6. An Important Meeting

      7. Preparations

      8. Blót and Wedding

      9. The most Beautiful Bride

      10. The Sea Voyage

      11. New Land

      12. Visiting Ingolf

      13. Shoals of Fish and Seals

      14. Smokey Bay

      15. A New God?

      16. Vagn

      17. The Storm

      18. A Sad Message

      19. Dunes and Marshes

      20. Ships Across Land

      21. Haithabu

      22. The White Gold

      23. Good Trade

      24. Homesickness

      25. A Ship from Land?

      26. A Foreign Ship?

      27. The Returnees

      28. The Duel

      29. New Life

      About the Author

      1. Introduction

      "So, the humans did finally settle the score, Odin thought. Hauge managed to revenge his father, Chieftain Styrbjorn, as was expected. And Sven has been avenged, too. So now Aasa should be at peace again."

      As Odin thoughtfully added up all these deeds, smoke from a tiny sacrificial fire rose up and reached his nose. It was from the young chieftain, Hauge. Sensing the sacrificial wishes from the smoke, Odin smiled and nodded.

      "I see, I see, hmm," he mumbled, and then summoned his sharp-eyed ravens, Hugin and Munin.

      "Hauge sacrifices in secret, he told them. Fly down and find out what takes place in Hauge’s village this hard and cold winter. I’m receiving good as well as bad thoughts from him."

      So the ravens left for Hauge’s village. They flew high and low, above trees, rivers, and mountains. But still, they didn’t get anywhere near it. Tempests roared and blizzards closed their paths. They were blown hither and thither and had to seek shelter in cold dark caves, or below the abandoned shepherd’s shelters. When they finally arrived in Hauge’s village, they were exhausted. However, at last they saw the light of the sun yet again gain in strength and the days grow longer.

      They saw the humans preparing for the coming of spring. Some of them, already braving the cold and travelling in the mountains.

      When the ravens returned to Odin, their tales were especially filled with stories of the two foreign women; of their walks in the village and on the mountainsides. Tales of how the men were staring longingly after them; especially after the beautiful Edwina. Of how she, a magnate’s daughter, was enthralled in England by Haakon, and had ended up in Hauge’s village, when young Hauge had claimed her as part of his compensation from Haakon’s village. The story of how Edwina had been turned over to Hauge along with the other thrall, Hilda, and the young child she cared for.

      "Oh, that young Hauge, he has someone on his mind! Odin mumbled, when he heard of the foreign women. Couldn’t the harsh and cold weather be of use to him in that, I wonder?"

      2. The Traps

      The sun sparkles in the snow and blinds him. Hauge squeezes his eyes and treads carefully; beneath the creaking snow there might easily be hidden cracks and crevasses. If only the fox traps caught something! He’s carrying his bow, in case he should come across a mountain hare. The white winter fur of both fox and hare bring in good prices at the winter market.

      Once in a while he stops and

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