Kings and Pawns: A Novel of Viking Age England

James L. Nelson

Oct 2019 · Norsemen Saga Book 9 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Shaun Grindell

About this audiobook

With their longships storm-blown to the southern coast of Engla-land, Thorgrim Night Wolf and his men find themselves rich with plunder and safely ensconced in a priory called Christchurch. But that cannot last. Thorgrim, in a wolf dream, has seen the enemy armies closing in, and he knows that their peace will soon be at an end. The gods do not go so easy on him and his men. He has learned that through experience and hard use. Nor are the gods the only threat they face. As Nothwulf, brother of the murdered ealdorman of Dorset, and Cynewise, his sister-in-law, fight for rule of the shire, each seeks to make the raiders unwitting pawns in their game, maneuvering toward a final battle that each hopes will spell the end of the other and crush the Norse strangers who have invaded their shores.

About the author

Naval enthusiast James L. Nelson is the author of many works of fiction and nonfiction, including the Samuel Eliot Morison Award winner George Washington's Secret Navy. James has appeared on the Discovery Channel, the History Channel, and C-SPAN's Book TV. He lives in Maine with his family.

Born and raised in Southampton, England, Shaun Grindell is an accomplished actor who trained at the Calland School of Speech and Drama and the Lee Strasberg Actors Institute in London. An AudioFile Earphones Award-winning audiobook narrator, Shaun has narrated many titles in different genres.