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Robert Low
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Robert Low has been a journalist and writer since leaving school. At 19, he was in Vietnam covering aspects of the war and, after 18 months of it, swore he would never do anything as stupid ever again. Since then, he has earned his living as a journalist safely in Scotland, with occasional lapses of judgement taking him to Sarajevo, Romania and Kosovo until common-sense, age and the concerns of his wife and daughter prevailed. THE PROW BEAST - HARPERCOLLINS, MARCH 2010 Praise for Robert Low: “[The Prow Beast is] ... a fantastic book,
one of the best I have read for years. There’s a wonderful earthiness to
proceedings and he creates a tangible sense of being there. There’s a sturdy,
lyrical and epic quality to the writing which makes it feel like the kind of
saga a Viking would recount in his old age” “Robert Low’s Oathsworn series is historical writing at its
best and most full-blooded, with its tremendous pacing, black comedy, a
wonderfully vivid and rough-hewn prose style like runes hacked into granite,
and most appealingly of all, its doomy, pagan sense of comradeship-unto-death
between Orm Rurikson and his band of Viking brothers”
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The White Raven 
The Wolf Sea 
The Whale Road 
The Prow Beast
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| THE WHITE RAVEN 2009 HARPERCOLLINS | The silver itch is on the Oathsworn and the whale road is calling them to adventure once again. Reluctant to leave the safety of their homestead, their leader, Orm, is stalling. But the Oathsworn are fighting men and so, when their settlement is attacked by an old adversary, they are more than happy to return the favour. The band of brothers is back in business and thirsty for action. When two of their number are taken hostage by an enemy, the Oathsworn are bound by their oath to each other to come to their rescue. Not to mention that they hold vital knowledge about the location of Attila's tomb containing hoards of silver that Oathsworn are determined to keep themselves. Across the frozen steppes lies untold danger: the worst winter ever seen will test even the hardiest Oathsworn, enemies along the way are resolute on seeing them die slowly and bloodily on the stake, and at the end of their journey await the formidable Amazonian tribeswomen whose only purpose is to protect Attila's tresure until the death. |
| THE WOLF SEA 2008 HARPERCOLLINS | A band of brothers, known as the Oathsworn, committed only to each other, feared by many, rises again in search of vengeance and glory. Washed up in a hostile city, battle-weary and out of luck, the Oathsworn lie waiting for their reluctant leader, the young Orm, to bring them back once more to wealth and warfare. But Orm's prized sword, the legendary Rune Serpent, is gone, stolen by the rapacious Starkad, and with it the runes written upon the hilt that only Orm can decipher. The Oathsworn embark on a dangerous mission to reclaim their precious sword as they pursue the elusive Starkad across the turbulent wolf sea. Unafraid to fight, and cunning in the ways of men, they wreak violence and bloody revenge on their enemies. Caught up in the treacherous battles in the East between the rulers of Constantinople, aided by hordes of Viking mercenaries, and the Arabs, their adventures will take them from Greece to Jerusalem, across the treacherous wolf sea where only the hunting hungry date set sail. |
| THE WHALE ROAD 2007 HARPERCOLLINS | A band of brothers, committed only to each other, rides the waves, fighting for the highest bidder, treading the whale road in search of legendary relics. Life is savage aboard a Viking raiding ship. When Orm Rurikson is plucked from the snows of Norway to brave the seas on the Fjord Elk, he becomes an unlikely member of a notorious crew. Although young, Orm must quickly become a warrior if he is to survive. His fellow crew are the Oathsworn - named after the spoken bond that ties them in brotherhood. They fight hard, they drink hard, and they always defend their own. But times are changing. Loyality to the old Norse Gods is fading, and the followers of the mysterious 'White Christ' are gaining power across Europe. Hired as relic-hunters, the Oathsworn are sent in search of a sword believed to have killed the White Christ. Their quest will lead them onto the deep and treacherous waters of the whale road, towards the cursed treasure of Attila the Hun and to a challenge that presents the ultimate threat. |
