A PAGAN WARRIOR STANDS OVER A CHRISTIAN PRIEST, BLOODY HAMMER CLENCHED IN HAND.
Baker lives in Denver, CO..
When not working, Brendan enjoys writing and performing music, watching all the movies, and daydreaming about an alternate life as a time-traveling rock star space scientist (with super powers).
He spent a year studying medieval languages and literature at Oxford University, and he has published two papers on Old English poetry.
He attended the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Carleton College, and the University of Michigan Law School.
About the Author Brendan Edward James Baker was born in Cleveland, OH, and grew up in Oak Park, IL and Brownsville, TX.
Combining real history with folklore and fantasy, THE Stone DOORS will appeal to fans of Bernard Cornwell (THE LAST KINGDOM), Ken Follett (THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH), and Marion Zimmer Bradley (THE MISTS OF AVALON).
THE Stone DOORS is the first, stand-alone novel in THE Stoneborn SAGA, a planned trilogy featuring rich characters, heart-pounding action, and inventive storytelling.
Soon they too are drawn into the looming conflict between the old Norse gods and the new White Christ- and they must put their hope in young Sinmara, the only guardian in her time, to try to save them all.
For far from the farms and longhouses, deep in the barren, moon-like interior, dwells an ancient and mysterious power: the hulduf lk, the hidden people, shapers of Stone and dreams. and perhaps the very land itself.
Trying to protect his property, Kveldulf mistakenly kills a foreign priest, setting into motion events that could destroy the delicate balance between Christian and pagan...
But fate has other plans.
A few years later, modest farmer Kveldulf Thorbjornsson wants nothing more than to raise his son in peace, leaving his previous life as a mercenary adventurer in the past.
Many embrace the new faith, but a compromise allows anyone to continue honoring the old gods in private.
In a surprise move, the Althing parliament decides to make Christianity the official religion of the formerly pagan nation.
Iceland, 1000 AD.
FAR BELOW, IN THE HEART OF THE EARTH, SOMETHING CRACKS.
A PAGAN WARRIOR STANDS OVER A CHRISTIAN PRIEST, BLOODY HAMMER CLENCHED IN HAND
