{"product_id":"brandrs-first-blood-signed-novella","title":"Brandr's First Blood Signed Novella","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eBrandr’s First Blood\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eGlory sounds better before the fighting starts.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrandr has grown up on stories of raids.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSilver. Glory. Battle. Heroes coming home with scars and stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNobody mentioned the fear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn his first voyage aboard the \u003cem\u003eWave Serpent,\u003c\/em\u003e Brandr expects a chance to prove himself worthy of a place in the Jarl’s warband.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInstead, he and a crew of barely grown warriors land on a silent Danish shore and walk straight into a trap.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCut off from their ship and surrounded by enemies, the young raiders are thrown into a battle they were never ready to fight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrandr soon discovers that surviving his first blood will require more than strength with a spear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSomeone has to make the decisions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSomeone has to keep the others alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd leadership has a price.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome choices cannot be taken back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eA brutal Viking fantasy adventure\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrandr’s First Blood\u003c\/em\u003e is a fast, darkly humorous Viking fantasy novella about courage, loyalty, friendship and the bloody distance between dreaming of glory and earning it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExpect:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShield walls\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eViking raids\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpears, axes and bad decisions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYoung warriors discovering that training and battle are very different things\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBloody consequences\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDry humour in very bad situations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBattered heroes trying to do the right thing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe beginning of Brandr’s journey from young warrior to leader\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eRead this if you like\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBernard Cornwell’s \u003c\/em\u003ebrutal Viking action.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTerry Pratchett’s\u003c\/em\u003e dry humour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDavid Gemmell’s\u003c\/em\u003e battered, stubborn heroes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOr if you simply want a Viking adventure full of\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eshield walls, bad decisions, bloody consequences and a young warrior discovering that glory looks very different up close.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe beginning of the Salt Rider Saga\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrandr’s First Blood\u003c\/em\u003e is the first novella in the Salt Rider Saga, introducing Brandr before the events that will shape the warrior, leader and man he eventually becomes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is where it starts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore the reputation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore the crew.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore the stories told about him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is just a young warrior, a spear in his hand, and his first real taste of battle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eOrder Direct from the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can buy \u003cem\u003eBrandr’s First Blood\u003c\/em\u003e through Amazon if you want the quickest possible delivery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut if you order your copy here, you're buying it directly from me.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYour book is printed, sent to me, signed, packed and then posted on to you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDirect orders include\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA signed copy of \u003cem\u003eBrandr’s First 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