292 | Advanced - Short Story: The Last Viking...

Title: The Box of Unfinished DreamsLevel: Intermediate (B1-B2)DescriptionWhile clearing out an old storage room, young monk Niran discovers a carved teak box hidden behind a collapsed shelf — and inside it, a smooth grey stone that shows him someone else's dream the moment he pic ...  Show more

Title: The Marchand CaseLevel: Upper-Intermediate (B2-C1)DescriptionPrivate detective Jack Doucet has heard plenty of lies in his career, but few as smooth as the one Foster Callahan tells him about his missing fiancée. Cold feet, Callahan claims. A simple case of a runaway bride ...  Show more

Hrolf Kraki must avenge his father by confronting his step-father...and brother-in-law. Don't worry, though, the weirdness of last week gets ironed out when we enter more familiar territory for the Viking legends. Our wonderful one-eyed wanderer makes an appearance, kings battle ...  Show more

The Saga of the Volsungs continues, with a princess held captive by the man who killed her father, and her brother roaming the forest waging a covert guerrilla war...or just robbing people for the fun of it? There are berserker werewolves, magic swords, and a battle of really stu ...  Show more

Publisher's Summary

Trapped 1,300 years in the past, they have one mission: survive.

In the 23rd century, humanity has been hunted to the verge of extinction by an alien race. When an exploratory ship accidentally travels back in time to Viking-age ...

Swords, dragons, werewolves, Vikings, betrayal, and revenge are all hallmarks of the thrilling, yet little known, Saga of the Volsungs, the story of an ill-fated medieval Nordic family. One of J.R.R. Tolkien's first Nordic reads, it's a tale of honor, love, loss, and vengeance, a ...  Show more