International bestselling authors Jeremy Robinson and Kane Gilmour imagine a world mixing the savagery of the History Channel’s Vikings with the frenetic chase scenes of Mad Max, resulting in a high-octane battle with the fate of humanity at stake.The world is barely holding on. A century after a series of apocalyptic events, humanity is struggling to survive. In the frigid north of Scandinavia, … north of Scandinavia, people have returned to farming, fishing, and fighting amongst themselves, living as their ancient Viking ancestors once did. But their days in the world are numbered.
The last tattered remnants of humankind have become barren. No new live births have occurred in over a decade. When the remaining population dies, the human race will end.
When a call goes out to the greatest fighters in the North, men capable of surviving a long journey and crushing any obstacle in their path, a young female berserker named Val takes up the challenge. With her eyes hidden behind red-lens goggles, she violently proves her worth, seizes control of a small band of fellow berserkers, and heads south to claim her prize: the first glimmer of hope for a tomorrow.
Traveling deep into the wastes of Europe, surrounded by dangerous landscapes and the mutated creatures that populate them, they find themselves pursued by enemies determined to stop them at all costs. Attacked from without and betrayed from within, Val fights for the future, and if she fails, humanity fails along with her.
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Let me start with I have been obsessed with Vikings and everything to do with them recently because of the TV Series that I just started watching a month ago and have binged watched.
This was an amazing listen for me. Kane and Jeremy did an astounding job of creating a world that was not online believable but sucked you in and you couldn’t put it down.
Jeffrey was an amazing reader and I look forward to more of his works! There were many accents in the story from German, Italian and so much. The action scenes kept you on the edge of your seat! This is a wonderful combination of the world Vikings, the game Fallout and Mad Max and I couldn’t stop listening!
The story starts off relatively normal. A small family of 3 live in Sweden and are living happily when something happens. I can’t really tell you much without ruining any details. But the little girl survives and she is tough as nails and one bada**.
Fast forward several years to Scandinavia. The world is in ruins. Cities have crumbled and there is radiation throughout the land creating monstrous beings! A call for the best viking fighters goes out and the vikings all gather and immediately there are battles. Val, the little girl from before proves herself worthy to be a leader to a small party of vikings to set forth on an adventure to Italy. The population is doing great to survive as it has. But there is one thing. One really big thing. Their have been no live births in a decade and the human race is dying. But there is hope. In Italy they believe they have found a cure for this. But the way is treasonous and they face many foes from mutant monsters you wouldn’t dare cross to gangs worth than your nightmares.
This small group of vikings are the best warriors the north has and all have something special to offer the group. Ulrick offers support to Val and I wish and hope they hook up in a later book because they would create a power couple like no one else! You grow to love each character, minus a few, a few you just hate from the beginning.
I can’t get over how amazing this story was. They create images in your mind of the scenery, the action, and everything just so perfectly. I cannot wait until the next book. This book keeps you on your toes.
This deserves SO MUCH MORE than just 5 stars. I cannot express my love for this book. When I saw this I about squealed with delight and I can’t wait to purchase the 2nd book. It is very very much worth a credit or any amount of money.
Imagine the most bad ass female fighter you can possibly imagine. Now put her as the leader of a rag tag bunch of post apocalyptic warriors on a Lord of the Rings style journey to save the world. Combine that with Jeremy Robinson’s mastery of creature based action novels, and you get… one of the most kick ass books I’ve read at least this year, and possibly in several years or even ever. Wild, fun ride. Can’t wait to see where he takes this tale!