Product Description

The epic and action packed sequel to THE WOLF SEA, charting the adventures of Orm and his band of Viking brothers, The Oathsworn The Oathsworn have itchy feet. Battle-hungry and tired of keeping the homestead fires burning, they are restless for action. And, being the Oathsworn, action is what they get. When their homestead is attacked by Klerkon and his men, the Oathsworn promise bloody revenge. But they didn't count on having to undertake the most dangerous journey of their lives in order to save two of their number. Packed with epic adventure and bloody action, THE WHITE RAVEN is Robert Low at his very best.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6152 in Books
• Published on: 2009-08-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

Review
Praise for THE WHITE RAVEN: 'Robert Low's Oathsworn trilogy is historical writing at its best and most full-blooded, with its tremendous pacing, black comedy, a wonderfully vivid and rough-hewn prose style like runes hacked into granite, and most appealingly of all, its doomy, pagan sense of comradeship-unto-death between Orm Rurikson and his band of Viking brothers' WILLIAM NAPIER Praise for THE WHALE ROAD: 'A company of warriors, desperate battles, an enthralling read' BERNARD CORNWELL 'A fantastic book, one of the best I have read for years. There's a wonderful earthiness to proceedings and he creates a tangible sense of being there. There's a sturdy, lyrical and epic quality about the writing which makes it feel like the kind of saga a Viking would recount in his old age.' SIMON SCARROW 'A stirring Viking series of blockbuster battles and religious intrigue.' Publishing News 'All the right ingredients are firmly in place!above all there is the storyline itself; told in an earthy, rough-and-ready stylewhich perfectly compliments this saga for the 21st Century.' Yorkshire Evening Post 'A fascinating read' The Glasgow Herald 'The Hangman humour of the band of sworn brothers gives Low's epic but brutal tale real humanity and the detail of 10th century life is wonderfully vivd. The action is fast and furious!shockingly believably so. Low's debut novel hits the mark with maximum impact.' Bridlington Today

About the Author
Robert Low has been a journalist and writer since the age of 17. He covered the wars in Vietnam, Sarajevo, Romania and Kosovo until common-sense and the concerns of his wife and daughter prevailed. To satisfy his craving for action, having moved to an area rich in Viking tradition, he took up re-enactment, joining The Vikings. He now spends summers fighting furiously in helmet and mail in shieldwalls all over Britain and winters training hard. He lives in Scotland with his wife.

Customer Reviews

In Conclusion
This book concludes the 'Attil's Howe' trilogy but perhaps not the Oathsworn story. This episode finds Orm, now in his twenties sitting uncomfortably with his increased 'Jarl' status and surrounded by companions eager to be off a 'Viking'. The call of the sea and lure of the horde of silver they discovered in the 'Whaleroad' takes them off on the seas again but others too have their eyes on the silver!

I will say no more about the plot for spoiling reasons but safe to say those who liked the first two books will find much to enjoy here. My only negative point is the story loses a bit of momentum in the middle section. So Robert if your reading... the influence of the Danes on the formation of modern Russia is very interesting and I sense where the further story of the Oathsworn lies but please no more trekking accross the steppes.

But this is a great trilogy! No one else can do the fireside camaraderie of the warrior band like Low. He draws you into the group and makes you one of them, though he makes no bones or apologies for the Viking lifestyle. I also love the constantly self doubting hero Orm, a refreshing change from some of the indestructable all perfect central charactors in other histroical fiction.

Great stuff a trilogy for all lovers of historical fiction and especially Vikings.

Since I have written this the author has corrected me via the comment box and I should therefore point out it is not a trilogy but a series and a fourth Oathsworn book will follow! Glad to clear this up not only to be factual but because he is into Viking re-enactment and I live close to the sea!

Winning formula
Just loved this book.

Low really seems to have hit a confident stride in his writing - the story flows well, with clear improvements particularly in dialogue. For me this is what raised this book a little higher than the first two. It is much funier, with laugh out loud moments comming regularly as a result of the fireside banter that is a constant vein through the book.

I dont think either book 2 or 3 have been as excitingly plotted as the first book, and this one, for me, felt a little flatter at the end, but it didn't matter, because in this effort Low has crafted characters that i really care about, with enough humour and bone-crunching action to keep me hooked. (Though no more Steppe wandering in the next one, please; there is only so much trudging through snow and ice that one can take!).

Can't wait for the next one.

A cracking old Viking Saga!
I'm giving this book 5 stars because of the excellent way it portrays the harsh, brutal and doomed exsistance of life in the 10th Century. Robert Low brilliantly evokes the real sense of the comradship that these raiders must have shared and highlight's the importance of an oath taken in these times compared with the somewhat wishy washy way we live today. The first chapter made me feel physically sick which no book has ever done before! It is as he says himself a tale to be told around a fire and i love the way that his style of writing and use of language fits with my own imagined image of Orm Bear Slayer re-telling the story of his life. A brilliant read!