The Gifts of the Long Nights
Ragnvald scans the horizon where the green hills bordering the Northwest Sea, which the locals call Neustria, and which will become Normandy, are taking shape. Is this preparation for a raid?
Publiée le 18 janvier 2026
Hildr travels alone to the enemy camp in the dead of winter, wearing a necklace associated with the cult of Freyja. She offers this jewel to the opposing leader… but with a ritual condition: if he accepts it, he must mourn his own son for a year, for “a gift received binds the soul.” To refuse would be worse than defeat.
Publiée le 15 février 2026
A story respectful of ancient Nordic traditions: the vision, customs, law, skaldic poetry and the atmosphere of the solstice at the heart of the narrative.
Publiée le 25 février 2026
Two rival clans are on the brink of war after a ship is accidentally burned. Gunnar, a blind but respected former sailor, summons the two leaders to his tent. He serves them a bitter beer, brewed with seawater and funerary herbs, and tells them: "Whoever drinks it first without wincing or trembling must offer his own son as a pledge of peace."
(from the series: Gifts of the Long Nights)
Publiée le 05 mars 2026