Fin Gall - A Novel of Viking Age Ireland

Norsemen Saga Series #1

By: James L. Nelson

Narrated by: Shaun Grindell

Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins

Publisher's summary

AD 852. For centuries the Vikings have swept out of the Norse countries and fallen on whatever lands they could reach aboard their longships, and few could resist the power of their violent onslaught. They came at first to plunder and then to settle, an encroachment fiercely resisted wherever they went.

Such was the case in the southern lands of Ireland. En route to the Viking longphort there, known as Dubh-linn, Thorgrim Night Wolf and Ornolf the Restless stumble across an Irish ship that carries aboard it a single item: a crown. The Vikings eagerly snatch the prize, unaware of its significance to the people of Ireland and the power granted to the king who wears it. Soon the Norsemen are plunged into the violence and intrigue of Medieval Ireland, where local kings fight with each other and with the invaders from the north for rule of the island nation. With enemies at every hand and loyalties as fickle as the weather, Thorgrim must lead his men, the white invaders, the Fin Gall, in the fight of their lives, with both Irish and Dane eager to see them dead.

©2012 James L. Nelson (P)2015 Tantor

I enjoyed it so much! I couldn't stop listening.!!

The book was very exciting and full of Adventure. I enjoyed listening to it so much and I hope there are more in the series in audio books.

Great listen

Loved the book immensely. It hard not to drive extra miles just to continue to listen.

Loved it!

Visiting the British Isles soon and this was very interesting! Also helped me image my Black Irish roots.

The family description of this Norwegian tale.

The belief in the narrator's telling of this Viking series. From the fighting and raiding to the returning to home.

Entertaining

Good story. It was worth my time. I will probably listen to the next one at some point. You're going to want to speed the narration up to about 1.2 or so.

Narration

I’m sure that Shaun Grindell is respected in his field and own right. But this was not his best work. The characters had very subtle differences which didn’t allow my imagination to breathe. This gives me hope that one day my voice acting dream will be successful. I am engrained in the story and entrenched with the men in each scenario of the pouring rain. I’m in the military and there is a sense of heritage with each chapter. It’s what kept me coming back for more. Overall I enjoyed this adaptation.

A captivating story!

James Nelson (Lord Nelson to his Sea Scouting friends) has written a fantastic and accurate story about a Norse crew gone a Viking in Ireland.
Though the English accent of the narrator Texas getting used to, and there aren't any actual Scandinavian accents to speak of, it was a great listen. I'm looking forward to starting the next book (In about 5 min).

A good listen!

There are few enough main characters that it is easy to follow while doing your work. It does not leave many loose ends/cliff hangers at the end of the book. The narrator also gave enough variation in voices that it also helped to distinguish between characters. I hope you enjoy as I did.

Tolerable with this trick

The story is good, not great, but good enough that I've bought the second in series. Narrator is intolerably slow however, not bad, just slow---so I used a trick I read in another audible review and upped the narration speed to 1.25 and it's great! Historically interesting about the Vikings in Ireland as well as Irish history.

Well done historical period piece- lots of twists

Good book...seemed to be accurate and the plot was well thought out. Almost like a mystery novel, in some respects.