Maelstrom

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synopsis

Maelstrom [ed3] The Chronicle of the Ostmen; book one.

It is 869 and Ard Mhacha remains the principal meeting place of the

ancients. Within a land controlled by clan lords the monks tell its people

how to act and what to learn, Mael MacConaill a privilaged young noble

disregards the messages of God's path for him. When the monastery is

raided by Ostmen, everything changes.

The warlords lead by the power of their warriors. Mael is propelled into the

chaos surrounding the Danish invasion of the British kingdoms. As an

outsider in a pagan culture within a foreign country, now as he learns to

rely on his resourcefulness in a brutal chaotic realm. Mael sees the world

of the Pagan, the traditions, the rites, the sacrifices. He sees how others

make sense of their world, their beliefs and the tribal symbols that unify

them.

The monks brought the message of an eternal afterlife for those who

embrace the faith in the one God. Can a Saxon leader show the courage

his people need to fight for their home? The battle for the last Saxon

kingdom is brought to a teetering threshold of existence by the onslaught

of pagan forces.