Odinn's Child / Sworn Brother / King's Man

After watching the recently released series and movies on Vikings, it just sounded naive, lovey dovey, juvenile. Not awful, but opposed to what I would expect from the title “vikings”.

This was the first of Tim Severin's fiction books I have read, having read several of his excellent non fiction books. As expected it comes across as very well researched, and historically correct, and perhaps lacks a bit of drama and embellishment expected of a viking novel.
Still a captivating read, and I expect I will carry on with the second and third parts, which appear really required to complete the story - it really read like the first part of a story.