Fin Gall - A Novel of Viking Age Ireland

Norsemen Saga Series #1

By: James L. Nelson

Narrated by: Shaun Grindell

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

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.

great story but .

Great story but this might be the worst narrator I've ever heard in my life!! it's like he's in slow motion and hasn't slept in a week! and the pauses between sentences!! advice,,speed it up! like 1.20..helps alot

Enjoyable story and narrator

Unlike some other reviews I felt the narrator was pretty enjoyable. Story progressed in an enjoyable way as well

A wonderful series

If you are looking for an adventure then read this series! The first nine books are FREE(at the moment of this review) so you have no excuse. I would gladly have paid for them all, as I did for number 10 and 11.

I listen to all of my books at 1.3 speed so the narration is usually a non-issue for me.