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Loading... Northlanders, Volume 04: The Plague Widowby Brian Wood, Leandro Fernandez (Illustrator)
![]() None No current Talk conversations about this book. ![]() ![]() Of the four books in this series, this one ranks second. The first book is by far the best. The story is filled with many of the same ideas: warriors fighting and dying, the brutal reality of life 1000 years ago. There is no sugar coating here, and for that I am glad. This book, like the first one, sustains one story throughout. In this case, a village is stricken with the plague, and desperate measures are taken in order for the people to survive. As always, there is one who thinks he knows better,and undermines the sound strategy put in place. What is neat about this book is that the protagonist is a woman, widowed by the plague and trying to keep her daughter alive. The artwork is vivid and captures the story well. no reviews | add a review
Set in Viking Russia in A.D.1020, "The Plague Widow" examines a year in the life of a remote settlement under siege by a contagious outbreak. The residents of this village are so focused on shutting the outside world out, they don't think about who they're shutting themselves in with. Mixing equal parts crime, history and survival fiction, this is the most brutal NORTHLANDERS story to date! No library descriptions found. |
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