Viking's Sunset

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Viking's Sunset is a novel by Henry Treece. It is the third in a series of three novels featuring the Viking Harald Sigurdsson; the others are Viking's Dawn and The Road to Miklagard.

[edit] Plot summary

Harald Sigurdsson is now a mature man, and enjoying a peaceful life of farming with his wife and sons. When his village is attacked, he forms a crew of Vikings and pursues the raiders. The chase leads him across the Atlantic Ocean to the east coast of America. He and his crew encounter Inuit and then Native Americans. Harald's final fight takes place among the native tribes. In a great battle, it is revealed that he is a berserker.

[edit] Significant scenes

• The death of one of the raiders, Havlock Ingolfsson, whom Harald abandons to drown on a skerry.
• Harald's death at the hands of Heome, the mad handless brother of heroic Wawasha. The brothers have similarities with Loki and Balder respectively.

This novel has obvious parallels with the Norse Vinland saga.