Foxmask

juliet-marillier

Foxmask is the continuation of the tale started in Wolfskin, a story of the clash between the warlike Norsemen and the mysterious and magical people who lived at the top of the world in the land that became Scotland. Young Eyvind wanted to become a great Viking warrior-a Wolfskin-and carry honor out in the name of his god, Thor. He and his kin traveled to a magical land across the sea, a windswept and barren place, but one filled with unexpected beauty and hidden treasure. Eyvind and his people settle and he finds a soulmate in young Nessa, seer and princess. But someone has come along to this new land who is not what he seems. Eyvind's heartfriend Somerled had his own agenda . . . and his machinations nearly destroyed all that the two peoples had built. Truth and honor triumphed and though a terrible price was paid, peace has settled upon the land. A new generation is coming to adulthood: Norse and Orkney folk together. But the past is a thing that may be shunned but not forgotten. And when the terrible secret surrounding one young man's paternity comes to light, it sets in motion a chain of events that could send the best and brightest of the land on a journey to discover the truth. And that truth could destroy whatever joy these people have ever known.

Genres fantasyhistorical fictionromancefictionhistorical fantasyhistoricalscience fiction fantasyadultfantasy romanceaudiobook

670 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,2002

Series

Saga of the Light Isles

This edition

Format: 670 pages, Paperback
Published: March 18, 2005 by Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9780330411844
ASIN: 0330411845
Language: English

Characters More characters

Somerled Macgillebride

Somerled (Old Norse Sumarliði, Scottish Gaelic Somhairle (died 1164), commonly Anglicized from Gaelic as Sorley) was a military and political leader of the Scottish Isles in the 12th century who was known in Gaelic as ri Innse Gall ("King of the Hebrides"...
Eyvind

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Keeper

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Creidhe

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Nessa

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