Saga Iceland

This magnificent novel - which secured for its author the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature - is now available to contemporary American audiences. Although it is set in the early 20th century, it recalls both Iceland's medieval epics and such classics as Sigrid Undset's Kristin Lavransdatter. And if Bjartur of Summerhouses, the book's protagonist, is an ordinary sheep farmer, his flinty determination to achieve independence is genuinely heroic and, at the same time, terrifying and bleakly comic.

Although based on historical persons from the ninth century, Ragnar Lodbrok and his sons are the subjects of compelling legends dating from the Viking era. Warriors, raiders, and rulers, Ragnar and his sons inspired unknown writers to set down their stories over seven centuries ago. This volume presents new and original translations of the three major Old Norse texts that tell Ragnar's story.

Growing up on a farm in early twentieth-century rural Iceland, Karitas Ólafsdóttir, one of six siblings, yearns for a new life. An artist, Karitas has a powerful calling and is determined to never let go of her true being, one unsuited for the conventional. But she is powerless against the fateful turns of real life and all its expectations of women. Pulled back time and again by design and by chance to the Icelandic countryside - as dutiful daughter, loving mother, and fisherman’s wife - she struggles to thrive, to be what she was meant to be.

One thousand years ago: an Icelandic warrior returns from battle, bearing a ring cut from the right hand of his foe. Seventy years ago: an Oxford professor, working from a secret source, creates the 20th century’s most pervasive legend. The professor’s name? John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. Six hours ago: an expert on Old Icelandic literature, Agnar Haraldsson, is murdered. Everything is connected, but to discover how, Detective Magnus Jonson must venture where the shadows lie....

Erik must avenge his father Olaf's death and recover the treasure the late chieftain sought. To do so, he must build and equip a ship and vanquish firstlings, trolls, and monsters, all while commanding fierce, stalwart warriors. His risks increase dramatically when his mother Mjoll is kidnapped by ruthless adversaries and wizards and the very gods themselves take sides.

Iceland, 1934. Two boys playing see something they shouldn't have. The consequences will haunt them and their families for generations. Iceland, 2009. The credit crunch bites. The currency has been devalued, savings annihilated, lives ruined. Grassroots revolution is in the air, as is the feeling that someone ought to pay.... And in a country where everyone knows everybody, it isn't hard to draw up a list of exactly who is responsible. And then, one by one, to cross them off.

The third book in the Billionaire Stepbrother Saga Sex in an inn made out of ice? What could be kinkier? What could be more fun and adventurous? At least, that is what Brooke initially thinks when the rich stepbrothers—Mason and Anderson—take her to Iceland to stay at this exotic inn. But the cold is harder to bear than she realizes, and it takes a lot of strength to play out the men’s fantasies. It doesn’t help that Mason and Anderson are fighting again, this time about money and pride. Can Brooke keep them all together, or will she let the cold and the drama get the better of her?...

Having completed the quest assigned to him by Odin, the Aesir's All-Father, Viking chieftain Erik Olafsson returns in triumph to Kaupangen, Norge. Expecting to celebrate his victory, he is instead summoned by King Thorgrim Easterling. The wealthy, treacherous merchant's son Hrafn Gunnarson has charged Erik with heinous crimes, but Erik claims that Hrafn is the true villain. To determine which party is guilty, the king orders the litigants to undertake a trial by ordeal. They must recover three scrolls, written by the Norns and hidden by the king's men throughout the kingdom. The parchments ...

One thousand years after the Norse first settled in North America, they are heading back to try again. The choice to migrate away from Iceland is not their own. Their island has been an oasis of civilization in a world gone mad following The Long Night – when artificial intelligence failed and took down all computer controlled processes around the world, wiping out over 90% of humanity. Insulated by a cold but bountiful Atlantic Ocean, Iceland has maintained order in a world plunged into darkness. Now Iceland's volatile geology is the greatest threat her people face. The volcanoes ...

Oli and Magnus Jonson have spent decades trying to escape from the shadows of their past. Raised by their grandparents in Bjarnarhofn, a remote farmstead in Iceland, both brothers had to endure brutal violence at the hands of their grandfather. When Constable Pall Gylfason is called to investigate a suspected homicide in a remote farmstead, he is surprised to find Detective Magnus Jonson is already there. Magnus identifies the dead man as his estranged grandfather. Before long, Magnus is arrested for the murder of his grandfather.

Introducing "Vows of Iron" by Bjorn Wolfe - a captivating tale that takes you on a journey to the early days of Iceland. This gripping novel follows the story of two young men who become sworn brothers, bound by an unbreakable bond of loyalty and honor. As they navigate through the treacherous landscape of medieval Iceland, facing battles, betrayal, and personal sacrifice, their loyalty is put to the ultimate test. With vivid descriptions of the rugged Icelandic terrain and compelling characters, "Vows of Iron" will transport you to a world of adventure, where the strength of the human ...

FreeFlow is a group of activists dedicated to freedom of information. They have evidence of a military atrocity in the Middle East and are preparing to unleash it. On the glacial rim of an erupting volcano, they christen their endeavour Operation Meltwater. Minutes later, one of them is murdered. Magnus Jonson has a long list of suspects, but he’s getting little help - for a group dedicated to transparency, they’re a secretive bunch. But they are not the only ones with secrets....