Book 7 in the Saxon series from Bernard Cornwell, I waited along time for this one to come out and enjoyed the read.
Uhtred is one of my top 3 characters in all of the fiction world, and this adventure adds a bit more to his personae.
His hatred for the new religion of "the nailed god" as he calls it is as strong as ever.
My only problem with the book is that it seems to follow the pattern of the last 7.
Uhtred gets in trouble and goes off on his own "Viking ways" has a few fights, works to regain his birth place, then England gets in trouble and sends for their beloved Danish Warrior and he comes in to save the day.
Shield wall after shield wall, blood, death etc...and I love it. Cornwell is the master story teller of sword fights and battling shield walls.
This book leaves it open for another to follow which I will patiently wait for and devour as soon as it comes out.
A must read if you have read the other 6 (or at least 1 of them and liked it) It can be read on it's own since they are all pretty well self contained.
