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SUMMARY
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SUMMARY
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An episodic short of Viking Norway.
Saldis Sigurdsdatter thinks its love. Her cheeks flush, her heart pounds, her breath seizes. After all, Prince Eric is powerful and intelligent and next in line to be High King. His proposal of marriage makes her a princess-to-be. It makes her the happiest girl in all of Norge. She’ll be his doting wife, and she’ll make her father proud. So determined is she, that even when her hope frays and threatens to snap, she clings tight to the dream of him.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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This short story oddly enough began as a genealogy project with my grandfather. Being Norwegian ourselves, it was through the investigation of my family tree that led to my contemporary interest in Viking history and culture. Without my grandfather propelling me forward, I might never have developed my interest in this truly remarkable culture.
Thanks
must also go to my husband, who pushes me to keep writing and patiently
corrects all the hilarious, dyslexia-related mistakes that find their way into
my novels.
Finally,
to a new friend and cover artist, I say thank you to KC Cleek for being so
patient and flexible in creating the cover for this novel short.
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ABOUT THE EINHJORN
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The
Relics of Asgard is a series of episodic shorts that take place in Viking
Norway. Students of Viking history might recognize several characters: Prince
Eric, Jarl Sigurd, and old King Harald. Even the title of this book, The
Einhjorn, is based on a real artifact from the past: the einhjorning
or the alicorn. While I’ve obviously shortened its Norwegian name for
simplicity’s sake, alicorns did in fact exist in Viking Norway. Contrary to the
events in this short story, alicorns were not taken from the poor, decapitated
heads of unicorns, but rather, the einhjorning of yore was likely the
sawed off end of a narwhal tusk. Vikings harvested these alicorns and traded
them in the south to those who believed in the healing powers of the unicorn.
While I have attempted to keep the culture in this series similar to the vibrant
and rich viking culture of the past, The Relics of Asgard will remain a
fictional retelling of history, a modern tribute to the fascinating sagas of
the past.
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