Varanger

Corban Loosestrife’s son Conn is a clever and strong leader of men; his cousin, the god-touched Raef, is his shield and navigator.?They have joined a fur-trading ship to Russia, and are forced to over-winter in Novgorod.?While there, they take service with the leader of the Rus, Dobrynya, and with him travel south to Kiev, and then on with a raiding party?into the northern reaches of the Byzantine Empire.

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With vivid description and passionate characters, Cecelia Holland takes the reader back to a time when heroes voyaged to the far corners of the known world.? Whether fighting the ice in a deep Russian winter, sailing down a great river in a dragon ship, or wandering the elegant streets of the Black Sea city of Chersonese, Holland makes it real.