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Land of the Wolf
THE FINAL INSTALLMENT OF
​THE NORSEMEN SAGA
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For nearly three years, Thorgrim Night Wolf has fought his way across Ireland, Engla-land, and Frisia, seeking riches and battling to keep him and his men alive. Through all that hardship, his foremost thought has been to return to his farm in Norway and to give up the life of a raider. With word that his eldest son Odd is fighting for his life against King Halfdan the Black, Thorgrim is more desperate than ever to return home. With Norway just beyond the horizon, Thorgrim, Harald, and the rest must still contest every mile, thanks to the Norns who weave men’s fates, and the many enemies who lie in wait.

For Odd, too, fate has nearly run its course. Determined to finally crush him and the rebellion he’s led, and frightened by rumors of the Night Wolf’s return, King Halfdan has gathered his kingdom’s best warriors. Now, he vows to lead them into battle, to destroy Odd, crush Thorgrim, and settle the matter of the kingdom’s rule in one last fight to the death.
“Nelson’s Viking Sagas are a tour de force of tautly crafted twists, turns full of authentic detail, and plots that drive you to the finish!”
 – Dewey Lambdin, author of the Alan Lewrie Naval Adventures

The Tortuga Plantation
BOOK 2 OF BLOOD, STEEL, AND EMPIRE
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With the Spanish Empire brutally driving the buccaneers from their hunting grounds, the half-wild men must look for a new refuge in the West Indies. They find it just a few miles off the northwest coast of Hispaniola: the island of Tortuga.

Rugged, sparsely settled, but poised on the edge of Spain’s trade routes, Tortuga is an ideal base for the outcast hunters. Among them is the hulking, enigmatic Jean-Baptiste LeBoeuf, now a reluctant leader of the buccaneers. But LeBoeuf’s interest in Tortuga involves more than simply escaping the Spanish Empire. Ownership of a plantation on the island has fallen into his hands, and it is his dream, his vision, to lay claim to that property and put an end to his savage and nomadic life.
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But once again Spain stands in his way, as a powerful fleet sent from Seville comes to route the buccaneers from their latest foothold. Among the expedition’s leaders is Don Alonso Menéndez, lieutenant governor of the West Indies, who has designs of his own for the island and the land LeBoeuf intends to claim. Now the two men will battle for the beautiful Henriette and the hundred acres of paradise that is the Tortuga plantation.
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