Norman Genesis Books

The Raven Wing Clan have fought off their enemies and prosper on their island home. A sibling rivalry threatens to break apart the fabric of their lives and Hrolf the Horseman is sent on a mission deep in into the heart of Frankia to heal the rift. When Jarl Gunnar Thorfinnson decides to take a wife it embroils the clan in an alliance which takes the clan far from home to fight overwhelming numbers of wild and fierce warriors. It is a novel filled with battles and intrigue. Set in the ninth century the book paints a vivid picture of life in a Norse village at the end of the ninth century.

Hrolf the young Viking has left the service of Jarl Dragonheart and sails with Jarl Gunnar Thorfinnson. When they find a home off the Frankish coast they begin to accumulate a vast fortune which earns them the enmity of other Vikings. The novel culminates in a bloody battle where Viking fights Viking but Hrolf begins to fulfill his destiny as Hrolf the Horseman!

When Jarl Gunnar Thorfinnson is killed by Saxons and his wife and son slain it throws the clan on Raven Wing Island into disarray. Internal divisions and strife is only stopped when Siggi White Hair becomes jarl. A raid on Frankia gives Hrolf the Horseman a vision of his dream of a new home. When treachery strikes and the Bretons attack it seems that all of his dreams will be destroyed before he can make them a reality. An exciting and fast moving novel this part of Hrolf's life ends when he lands in what will become, eventually, Normandy and he battles Vikings and Franks for a new home.

The Vikings on the Cotentin try to live in peace with their neighbours, the Franks, but when they are attacked they have to fight. Aided by fellow Vikings they begin to make inroads into the land of the Franks until disaster strikes and the new allies meet defeat. When the full force of the Franks descends upon the Haugr every member of the clan must fight to prevent their extinction.

The Vikings have discovered the riches of the Cotentin Peninsula and are not going to be moved without a fight. Sailing the seas they raid the Caliphate of Cordoba as well as Wessex and Aquitaine. When the Norns send them new drekar the jarl of the Clan of the Horse can go on the offensive and take more land from King Louis the Pious. A fast moving and action packed novel set in Ninth Century Normandy.

The Duke of Normandy is the next instalment in the Norman Genesis series. Rollo now had Rouen but he has enemies. The Bretons still resent his occupation of the Cotentin. There are other enemies who are hidden from him. As the new Lord of Rouen tries to fulfill the prophecy of the Viking witch and to honour his grandfather’s wishes, he has to fight enemies both domestic and foreign. Rollo has to become a warrior who can plot and conspire just like his enemies. For a Viking warrior that is hard. For Lord Göngu-Hrólfr Rognvaldson it was almost impossible.

With the King of the Franks fighting a civil war and a Saxon king on the verge of death Hrolf the Horseman embarks on a series of raids and attacks to make his land more secure and to give his son an inheritance. When he raids the Seine, along with a fleet he discovers the treachery of erstwhile allies. His son, Ragnvald enjoys command for the first time. We see two leaders with the same blood as they take pieces of Frankia to make the land that will, one day, be Normandy!

Brothers can be close unless one has a streak of murder in his heart. Hrolf the Horseman had two grandsons. One is cursed. As the boys grow into warriors so the power of the curse grows. Both are warriors and both fight the enemies of the clan. When the brothers clash then the conquest of the Bretons and the defeat of the Saxons becomes irrelevant as Rollo is lost to his grandfather and becomes a warrior in the north of Norway. There he has to begin again. He starts with nothing. By strength and courage, he achieves a reputation and he leads his new clan to glory. Culminating in a battle at sea this is a fast-moving novel which takes the reader from Brittany to Denmark; from Norway to Scotland and from England to Ireland. It is another step on the journey which will see Rollo as the first Duke of Normandy.

Lord Göngu-Hrólfr Rognvaldson is now Lord of Rouen but his world is still imperfect. He has no son and the prophesy made by the Norns cannot come true. Hrolf the Horseman suggests they visit a witch and they travel to the Land of the Wolf where they meet the Dragonheart’s daughter Ylva. She spins a spell and the fate of both Hrolf the Horseman and his grandson is decided. The journey to Paris would be along a bloody one. Those dear to Lord Göngu-Hrólfr Rognvaldson would suffer but the spell had been woven and the end would be inevitable. The Vikings would fill the Seine with their dragon ships and the dream of Hrolf the Horsemen would be one step closer to fulfilment.

Rollo Ragnvaldsson has rescued his grandfather, Hrolf the Horseman but he still has a battle back in Norway. He must take his people and find a new home. Battling first Saxons and then Bretons, the young lord establishes a home close to the Land of the Horse. A chance meeting with Guthrum the Dane brings them hope as more Vikings join Rollo as he battles Bretons and Franks. Based on actual events the novel tells the story of Rollo and how he claims a Breton bride and becomes Lord of Rouen.

Kings can make lords but lords like Rollo of Normandy can destroy Kingdoms. When Rollo becomes Robert of Normand and gains control of Normandy, the other rulers think he will revert to his old barbarian ways. They think him old; they think he is weak! Viking blood courses through his veins. He knows how to fight. In the last book in the Norman Genesis series, we see the first steps to making Normandy the Duchy which will, by the 11th Century rule, half of Europe!