the WINTER SEA-WOLF DID NOT RETURN: A Novel of Viking Age

The ship was meant to return before the first frost. It never did.When the Sea-Wolf sails west for the summer, Solveig Eiriksdatter expects the men of her household to return before winter closes the fjord.They do not.As the days shorten and the cold settles over the settlement, Solveig is left to protect her family, manage the farm, and survive a season made harder by dwindling stores, old rivalries, and men who see opportunity in the absence of those who sailed away.Then troubling rumors begin to spread about the fate of the missing ship.A neighbor knows more than he admits. Old grievances resurface. Alliances shift. And what first appeared to be a tragedy at sea begins to look like something far more deliberate.While the community prepares for the deepest winter, Solveig must navigate loyalty, betrayal, law, faith, and the dangerous politics of a world in which survival depends as much on reputation and kinship as it does on food and fire.The Winter the Sea-Wolf Did Not Return is an atmospheric novel of the Viking Age about survival, family, hidden motives, and one woman's determination to hold together everything the sea has left behind.