Viking Tales

At the chime of a bell, any fortune can change…When Liv and her friends leave their mysterious host and head for the city of Brita, they believe they have a plan. The past has been laid to rest, and the future is whatever they make of it. There is no longer a reason to hide and run. But the realm is changing faster than they realize, and the past has a way of catching up.When a sudden death rattles the foundations of the kingdom, allegiances change and old enemies come to light. A vision of the future shows two paths lay before them, but death lurks at every turn and they don't know which is best.Can their hopes of the future outweigh the sins of the past? Will their newfound fellowship survive the trials that lay in store? Have the fates already taken the decision from them?Some things are in the hands of the gods…They say some people are favored by the gods. Others need to make their own luck. The Viking TalesAdversity - the PrequelWarriorDefenderContenderAffinityHeroineVictoryHarmonyChampionSaviorAnguishForebearSupreme About W.J. MayWelcome to USA TODAY BESTSELLING author W.J. May's Page!SIGN UP for W.J. May's Newsletter to find out about new releases, updates, cover reveals and even freebies! https://www.wjmaybooks.com/subscribe Website: http://www.wjmaybooks.comFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Author-WJ-May-FAN-PAGE*Please feel free to connect with me and share your comments. I love connecting with my readers.*W.J. May grew up in the fruit belt of Ontario. Crazy-happy childhood, she always has had a vivid imagination and loads of energy.After her father passed away in 2008, from a six-year battle with cancer (which she still believes he won the fight against), she began to write again. A passion she'd loved for years, but realized life was too short to keep putting it off.She is a writer of Young Adult, Fantasy Fiction and where ever else her little muses take her.

How far down does the rabbit hole go…?When Liv and her friends are sucked into a magical portal, they emerge on the other side of the map in a strange and dangerous land. Guided by dreams, and under the wings of a friend, they discover a secret group of people living in the heart of the kingdom. But appearances can be deceiving, and this was no ordinary abduction. It was a homecoming.Faced with the truth about her parents, and the weight of the past, Liv struggles to find herself in the aftermath. After a lifetime of witchcraft being a death sentence, she'd finally found a place she could live free. But freedom comes at a cost, and prophecy is a double-edged sword.Two kings stand before her. There is but a single crown.The time has come to choose. They say some people are favored by the gods. Others need to make their own luck. The Viking TalesAdversity - the PrequelWarriorDefenderContenderAffinityHeroineVictoryHarmonyChampionSaviorAnguishForebearSupreme About W.J. MayWelcome to USA TODAY BESTSELLING author W.J. May's Page!SIGN UP for W.J. May's Newsletter to find out about new releases, updates, cover reveals and even freebies! https://www.wjmaybooks.com/subscribe Website: http://www.wjmaybooks.comFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Author-WJ-May-FAN-PAGE*Please feel free to connect with me and share your comments. I love connecting with my readers.*W.J. May grew up in the fruit belt of Ontario. Crazy-happy childhood, she always has had a vivid imagination and loads of energy.After her father passed away in 2008, from a six-year battle with cancer (which she still believes he won the fight against), she began to write again. A passion she'd loved for years, but realized life was too short to keep putting it off.She is a writer of Young Adult, Fantasy Fiction and where ever else her little muses take her.

This winter, siblings Ruairi and Dani Miller visit their grandmother in the legendary Viking island of Yondersaay. In less than twenty-four hours of their arrival, Ruairi is mistaken for the lost Boy King of Denmark, kidnapped by Vikings, and scheduled to be sacrificed at sundown. Granny isn't very pleased. But when when they are the only ones in town who fail to go "Viking," the three turn to Granny's extremely epic tales of the legends of Yondersaay, The Gifts of Odin, and King Dudo the Mightily Impressive for clues. But not all stories end happily, and Ruari, Dani, and Granny will have to write their own happy ending if things are to return to normal.The Princess Bride meets Vikings in this enchanted tale of high adventure, buried treasure, villainous treachery, violent ends, and – of course – true love. Aoife Lennon-Ritchie's debut middle grade novel, THE EXTREMELY EPIC VIKING TALE OF YONDERSAAY, is a humorous and heartwarming story for readers ages 9+.

They say some people are favored by the gods. Others need to make their own luck.Book 1There is a single lesson in the heart of every Viking: Those who use magic are put to death.When a handsome young warrior rides into her village and Liv barely has time to notice. There is coin to be made with the arrival of the king.But the fates have other plans.The two strike up a friendship that grows closer, even though Liv knows she will never rise above her station.She makes a promise that even though she cannot love him, she will protect him.And that promise will require the greatest sacrifice of all.Book 2Witch.In the blink of an eye, Liv's hard-fought life turned upside-down. Not only had she used her powers in the open and exposed her secret, she had done so in front of the king's own soldiers. No sooner had the dust settled, than she was arrested before the entire settlement and sentenced to death. Alone in a prison cell, she begins to think about where things went wrong...The fabric of the realm might be slowly changing, but it was still ingrained in the heart of every Viking child, never to suffer a witch. The clock is ticking, but all hope isn't lost. Erik owes a heavy debt, and feels the weight of that burden.Is it possible to escape the consequences of her actions? Even if she could run, would her chances be any better out in the wild? The executioner comes at dawn, and two people are considering opposite sides of the same question: When a life hangs in the balance... is it possible to walk away?Book 3What do we do with witches?With the smoke from the settlement still hanging in the air behind them, Liv and Eric strike out on foot into the wilderness. But the fates weave a twisted story, and it isn't the escape either of them had in mind. Cut off from Trina by the arrival of the imperial army, the pair find themselves truly stranded, without the hope of either coin or supplies. The woods are rife with danger on the best of days, and that's without the price that had surely been put on their heads.Blood is in the water, and the imperial hounds have caught their scent. But even if they manage to stay ahead of the spears behind them, there's trouble brewing on a different front. A closer front.Liv's not the only one harboring a secret.Sometimes freedom comes at too high a cost.The Viking TalesAdversity - the PrequelWarriorDefenderContenderAffinityHeroineVictoryIn a time when Vikings clashed against Romans, and whispers of magic held back the tides, a young woman staggered out of the forest and gave birth to a special child

"You're under arrest, by order of the king."After escaping from the prison tower the day before her execution, Liv thought the worst of her troubles were over. She and the handsome bannerman who'd rescued her had made it into the forest, the hounds of the king were behind them, and there were nothing but open horizons as far as the eye could see. But the northern realm is a dangerous place, and their problems are only beginning.When a pack of wolves catches their scent, Liv and Erik must fight for their lives with nothing more than the sparse possessions they've brought with them. They manage to scrape their way towards a mysterious cabin, only to discover the little sanctuary is nothing like it seems.Partnerships splinter at fresh betrayals, old secrets are dragged into the light. Winter is coming, and the shadows behind them are getting closer. They must fight if they want to live, but are they fighting on the same side?Trust, once broken, is a difficult thing to repairThey say somepeople are favored by the gods. Others need to make their own luck.The Viking TalesAdversity - the PrequelWarriorDefenderContenderAffinityHeroineVictoryHarmony ChampionSaviorAnguishForebearSupremeIn a time when Vikings clashed against Romans, and whispers of magic held back the tides, a young woman staggered out of the forest and gave birth to a special child...