Sword of the White Horse

Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Book 1

By: Elsa Sjunneson

Narrated by: Moira Quirk

Mercia, 878 AD—Witch-warrior Niamh discovers a new order called the Hidden Ones is seeking to establish a foothold in Lunden. Her people have already been scarred by Viking raiders, bloody wars, and clashing cultures. Determined to protect what remains of her homeland, she infiltrates this new group to discover whether they stand with her … or against her.

Yet when Niamh learns the Hidden Ones have stolen an artifact sacred to her people, her own loyalties are challenged. Casting aside newfound alliances and friendships, Niamh soon discovers that betrayal comes with a heavy price and it will take everything in her power—her gods willing—to survive.

©2022 Elsa Sjunneson (P)2022 Recorded Books

amazing performance

The transition between characters voices kept the story very entertaining and easy to follow and picture. Moiras soft voice was pleasant to listen to. The story was capturing and exciting.

Amazing!

This is a good read (listen) for any Assassin's Creed fan. It follows a the story of a witch warrior and how she's tasked to infiltrate a secret order to protect her own people. If you love Hytham in Valhalla and couldn't get enough of him, then this is definitely worth it. Other characters of the game, like Valka, are in it as well.

The narration is amazing! Elsa Sjunneson is able to do multiple accents with ease and it really immerses you into the story. She's amazing! There's only one sentence near the end where it sounds like a sentence was added that's not the narrator and sounds out of place.

All in all, this has to be one of my favorite Audiobooks and is definitely worth getting.

Strong Relationships.

Enjoyable or even better than 📺! The city of Lunden and land of Macedonia are interesting in this Sci Fi read.

Stellar performance, middling story

The performance is great; Moira Quirk does an exemplary job, bringing to life the characters of the book, especially those whose voices had already been established in other media.

The story, however, is just okay. As far as Assassin's Creed stories go, it's one of the better ones in recent years, but doesn't really take advantage of the setting. Certain characters seem a bit out of character as well, and the story just sort of.... resolves without issues suddenly at the end, with various plot threads unrevisited.

The antagonist factions meanwhile are a bunch of faceless nobodies. You would not be to blame if you forgot which faceless evil organisation was which if you didn't already know which one is the Templars, especially since we basically meet nobody from either organisation.

Still, the action and moment to moment tension works, and the protagonist is likeable.