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Return now into the world of Midgard in the fifth installment of the incredible Visigothic saga by novelist and storyteller Jay P. Newcomb. With the downfall of Adawulf Hister and the fall of the evil Midgard Empire, the full extent of the wicked sorcerer’s atrocities is becoming apparent to all the good folk of the green lands. The once persecuted tribes are now breathing the sweet air of freedom as King Sigurd and Queen Gwynnalyn settle down to the day-to-day affairs of ruling the kingdom.

This is the first book in a major work of epic high fantasy. It is set in a mythical world called Midgard and follows the struggle of King Sigurd the Dragon Slayer to free his people from the yoke of bondage and the tyranny of evil sorcerers and the machinations of Loki. The story is populated with a multitude of wonderful characters, such as elves, wizards, dwarves, leprechauns, and dragons. It's a story of love and romance and chivalry.

Step back in time in this first audiobook in the Grayriders Saga, to Frontier America. Go back in time to a Texas that has long ago vanished under modern infrastructure, but yet still lives in the hearts and minds of the people of Texas. The cry of a newborn infant greets the listener who is taken back to a cabin near Austin, Texas in the year 1822, to the birth of Alva Dean Cotton, the hero of the saga. Witness his early life growing to manhood in the town of Bosque River and his encounters with the mighty Ten Bears, leader of the Penateka Comanches.

This is a book of short stories and poetry of medieval themes, especially the Vikings and the Anglo-Saxons. There is a delightful story called "The Owl, the Witch, and the Wizard" featuring the wizard Merlin. There is also a major new Arthurian poem concerning Excalibur, with a very surprising new twist upon the old story that brings Guinevere into the forefront as an equal of King Arthur. There are poems of heroes and knights, warriors and kings in the heroic age, a lot of it based upon the viking sagas, as well as new poems about King Alfred the Great.