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When We Were Vikings

By: Andrew David MacDonald
Narrated by: Phoebe Strole
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Publisher's Summary

Indie Next Pick for February 2020

Book of the Month January 2020

LibraryReads January 2020 Pick

Bookreporter New Release Spotlight

New York Post “Best Books of the Week”

Goodreads “January’s Most Anticipated New Books”

The Saturday Evening Post “10 Books for the New Year”

PopSugar “Best Books in January”

Book Riot Best Winter New Releases

“Zelda is a marvel, a living, breathing three-dimensional character with a voice so distinctive she leaps off the page.” (The New York Times)

“Heartwarming and unforgettable.” (People)

For Zelda, a 21-year-old Viking enthusiast who lives with her older brother, Gert, life is best lived with some basic rules:

  1. A smile means “thank you for doing something small that I liked”.
  2. Fist bumps and dabs = respect.
  3. Strange people are not appreciated in her home.
  4. Tomatoes must go in the middle of the sandwich and not get the bread wet.
  5. Sometimes the most important things don’t fit on lists.

But when Zelda finds out that Gert has resorted to some questionable - and dangerous - methods to make enough money to keep them afloat, Zelda decides to launch her own quest. Her mission: to be legendary. It isn’t long before Zelda finds herself in a battle that tests the reach of her heroism, her love for her brother, and the depth of her Viking strength.

“A most welcome and wonderful debut” (Tyrell Johnson, author of The Wolves of Winter), When We Were Vikings is an uplifting debut about an unlikely heroine whose journey will leave you wanting to embark on a quest of your own, because after all...we are all legends of our own making.

©2020 Andrew David MacDonald (P)2020 Simon & Schuster Audio

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Unexpectedly triumphant

If you enjoyed “ Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine”, you will fine this story to be of the same vein. An unexpected heroine and a Legend of her own making.

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