''FAST-PACED, DETAILED AND BRILLIANTLY WRITTEN [FOR] FANS OF BERNARD CORNWELL, GEORGE R.R. MARTIN AND THEODORE BRUN'' HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY. Einar Unnsson will be a great warrior, whether he wants it or not. AD 935 - Late Winter, City of Jorvik. Einar Unnsson is destined to be a great Icelandic warriorHe has already defeated the men sent to kill him by his notorious father, Jarl Thorfinn, the ''Skull Cleaver'' of Orkney. He has a gift that makes him lethal in battle. Yet he has cast it all off to be a bard. When three men attack him, Einar''s poetry provides little protectionLuckily, the skilled archer and Norse-Irish princess Affreca saves him. She''d assumed Einar had left to raise an army, challenge Thorfinn and seize the Jarldom of Orkney. Now she''s determined to set him back onto his rightful path. Einar soon finds himself entangled on Affreca''s own missionShe''s seeking the Raven Banner for King Eirik. Legend has it that the banner is imbued with powerful magic. That it was