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John Snow

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John Snow is the author of "The Slayer Rune", a historical action-adventure novel from the Viking Age with Sigve the Awful as the main character. "The Slayer Rune" is the first book in "The Viking Series".

John lives in Norway with his wife and two sons. He has a deep interest in literature and mythology, especially Norse mythology, and in Viking history. One day, when his wife watched him sitting among his books and computers, she asked why he didn't write a Viking story. "If you find a good pen-name, I will," he said.

Other books in the series are "The Lethal Oath", "The Red Gold", "The Bitch Queen" and "The Viking War".
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A great sea-battle ends John Snow's Viking series.


TO MY READERS:

My historical Viking series has come to an end. The final book has its own plot and story-line, but threads are also picked up from earlier books. Some of you may have wondered what happened to Odd the Squinter and the Body from book two, or to Earl Hakon and Yljali from book three. And where is Harald Grenske, Sigve's old enemy? And what about Sigrunn Silkyhair: will she find happin Read more of this blog post »
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The Slayer Rune The Lethal Oath The Red Gold The Bitch Queen The Viking War
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John Snow John Snow said: " This Norwegian etymological dictionary (1920 pages) really is a feat, researched and written as it is by one author. The book gives the etymology of 12000 words, emphasizing the origin and cultural history of words, rather than minute descriptions of ...more "

 
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“The norns are goddesses of fate, of love and hate; they are weaving on the loom of destiny. All the lives of people and gods, past and present, are woven on their loom. Your thread of life was long ago spun and placed in their great image.”
John Snow, The Slayer Rune

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Peter Whitaker Hi John, your page makes for an ineteresting read!


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