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YAStrongbow Saga series.
Halfdan, a former slave turned Viking warrior, still tries to avenge his half-brother's murder. Seeking combat experience, he becomes embroiled in the Viking invasion of Frankia. The battles are many and thrilling, but Halfdan's leaden narrative voice is improbably reflective, and love interest Genevieve, a captured Frankish nun, is anachronistically independent of thought.