On the Island Where You Stood

When Christianity spread to the tiny Nordic village of Stravanger after the year 1000, Haki Thorvaldsson's family scrambled to preserve their sacred Viking traditions-including the ancient art of dueling. Jarl Arnbjorn threatens the last enclave of pagans by surrendering the whole village to a Christian king, and Haki's father, Thorvald, challenges the Jarl to a duel. However, he losses when Arnbjorn breaks the sanctity of the fight by cheating. Before Haki can do anything, he and his family are sold into slavery, and sixteen-year-old Haki is taken from the only home he has ever known. Haki must fight his way back to Stravanger to accomplish his greatest desire-to kill Arnbjorn in an honorable duel and accomplish what his father could not. And his decision to seek revenge disrupts even the gods and the nine realms, and it causes the lines between myth and reality to blur.

A story about revenge, tradition, and emotion, On the Island Where You Stood explores the dynamic relationship between father and son, and the internal complications that arise when a son deviates from his father's final wishes.

Author: Dani Hurley

Publisher: Independently Published

Publication Date: Jun 03, 2021

Number of Pages: 86 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: NA

ISBN-13: 9798646848827