The Sea Queen, Linnea Hartsuyker
The Sea Queen, Linnea Hartsuyker
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The Sea Queen
A Novel

Author: Linnea Hartsuyker

Narrator: Matthew Lloyd Davies

Unabridged: 17 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Harper

Published: 08/14/2018


Synopsis

An exhilarating Viking saga filled with the rich history, romantic adventure and political intrigue that have made Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander, George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones, as well as Phillippa Gregory’s historical fiction and Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology popular bestsellers. Six years after The Half-Drowned King, Ragnvald Eysteinsson is now king of Sogn, but fighting battles for King Harald keeps him away from home, as he confronts treachery and navigates a political landscape that grows more dangerous the higher he rises.Ragnvald’s sister Svanhild has found the freedom and adventure she craves at the side of the rebel explorer Solvi Hunthiofsson, though not without a cost. She longs for a home where her quiet son can grow strong, and a place where she can put down roots, even as Solvi’s ambition draws him back to Norway’s battles again and keeps her divided from her brother.As a growing rebellion unites King Harald’s enemies, Ragnvald suspects that some Norse nobles are not loyal to Harald’s dream of a unified Norway. He sets a plan in motion to defeat all of his enemies, and bring his sister back to his side, while Svanhild finds herself with no easy decisions, and no choices that will leave her truly free. Their actions will hold irrevocable repercussions for the fates of those they love and for Norway itself.The Sea Queen returns to the fjords and halls of Viking-Age Scandinavia, a world of violence and prophecy, where honor is challenged by shifting alliances, and vengeance is always a threat to peace.

About Linnea Hartsuyker

Linnea Hartsuyker can trace her family lineage back to the first king of Norway, and this inspired her to write her debut novel, her trilogy about the Vikings. Linnea grew up in the woods outside Ithaca, New York, studied engineering at Cornell University, and later received an MFA in creative writing from New York University. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Will on August 26, 2018

Unna made a skeptical noise and tightened her arm in Svanhild’s “Every man will fail you eventually,” she said. “Look to your own future.” …She seemed to be carved of ice and fire, not the wood and earth that made up most people.In volume two of The Half-Drowned King trilogy, Ragnwald, (the glu......more

Goodreads review by Amy on August 14, 2022

4.5. stars Vikings, Norse origin stories, swashbuckling sea epics, intrigue, betrayal, love, hate, brotherhood, suspense, surprises, death. And a dash of women's oppression/agency to make your emotions extra confused. The Sea Queen is such a large concept I don't even know how to break it down. Plot:......more

Goodreads review by Truman32 on September 13, 2018

The Half-Drowned King viking trilogy has been compared to the Game of Thrones books and in some ways this is understandable. Both consist of a series of assembled pages of mushed wood fibers bound with heavy covers and spines. Both are rectangular in dimension and portable. And both make top-grade s......more

Goodreads review by Melliane on October 16, 2019

Mon avis en Français My English review J’avais passé un bon moment avec le premier tome de la série et si j’avais oublié pas mal l’histoire le temps de la sortie du tome 2, je suis revenue dans l’univers avec plaisir. Il m’a fallu quelques chapitres pour resituer les faits, mais j’étais ravie de retr......more

Goodreads review by Gary on October 04, 2019

The Sea Queen is the second of Linnea Hartsuyker’s Half-Drowned King trilogy (I’ve also seen it listed as The Golden Wolf Saga). If you are reading this I’m hoping you read the first book (The Half-Drowned King). If you haven’t, there are some minor spoilers ahead regarding the first book. This book......more