Born into power, sold into slavery. Her only escape is silence. Melkorka is the princess of one of the most powerful men in Ireland. Expecting a life of luxury, instead, she is captured by Rus raiders and sold into slavery. Eventually, she becomes the property of a Viking man named Hoskuld. It is terrible enough that Melkorka has gone all the way from the highs of being an Irish princess to the lows of a slave but it gets worse: Hoskuld is already married and now she is a concubine slave. Her only solace is silence and she wields it like a weapon. Set in the same world as the Viking Secrets and Valkyrie Secrets series, Melkorka's tragic love story expands the universe and introduces readers to the epic Icelandic sagas. Fans of History Channel's Vikings and BBC's The Last Kingdom will love learning more about the world of the Viking sagas in this exciting new series. Please Note: This book is considered a standalone and can be read independently to other books by this author. Other books by this author set within the world of the Viking sagas. VIKING SECRETS series: 1. Vikings: The Truth about Lagertha and Ragnar 2. Vikings: The Truth about Thora and Ragnar 3. Vikings: The Trouble with Ubbe's Mother 4. Vikings: The Truth about Aslaug and Ragnar VALKYRIE SECRETS series: 1. The Unnamed Warrior 2. Curse of the Valkyries 3. Breaker of Curses MELKORKA'S SAGA 1. The Irish Viking Princess 2. The Peacock's Mother (Coming soon) THE LOST VIKING (short story) RAGNAR AND THE WOMEN WHO LOVED HIM (Non-fiction novella about Ragnar Lodbrok) THE CURSE OF THE LAGARFLJOT LINDWORM (Short story included in the Fantastic Realms Anthology) THE SLEEPING VIKING BEAUTY (Short story included in the Feisty Heroines anthology)

Born into power, sold into slavery. Her only escape is silence. Melkorka is the princess of one of the most powerful men in Ireland. Expecting a life of luxury, instead, she is captured by Rus raiders and sold into slavery. Eventually, she becomes the property of a Viking man named Hoskuld. It is terrible enough that Melkorka has gone all the way from the highs of being an Irish princess to the lows of a slave but it gets worse: Hoskuld is already married and now she is a concubine slave. Her only solace is silence and she wields it like a weapon. Set in the same world as the Viking Secrets and Valkyrie Secrets series, Melkorka's tragic love story expands the universe and introduces readers to the epic Icelandic sagas. Fans of History Channel's Vikings and BBC's The Last Kingdom will love learning more about the world of the Viking sagas in this exciting new series. Please Note: This book is considered a standalone and can be read independently to other books by this author. Other books by this author set within the world of the Viking sagas. VIKING SECRETS series: 1. Vikings: The Truth about Lagertha and Ragnar 2. Vikings: The Truth about Thora and Ragnar 3. Vikings: The Trouble with Ubbe's Mother 4. Vikings: The Truth about Aslaug and Ragnar VALKYRIE SECRETS series: 1. The Unnamed Warrior 2. Curse of the Valkyries 3. Breaker of Curses MELKORKA'S SAGA 1. The Irish Viking Princess 2. The Peacock's Mother (Coming soon) THE LOST VIKING (Short Story) RAGNAR AND THE WOMEN WHO LOVED HIM (Non-fiction novella about Ragnar Lodbrok) THE CURSE OF THE LAGARFLJOT LINDWORM (Short Story) THE SLEEPING VIKING BEAUTY (Short Story) Read less

Born into power, sold into slavery. Her only escape is silence. Melkorka is the princess of one of the most powerful men in Ireland. Expecting a life of luxury, instead, she is captured by Rus raiders and sold into slavery. Eventually, she becomes the property of a Viking man named Hoskuld. It is terrible enough that Melkorka has gone all the way from the highs of being an Irish princess to the lows of a slave but it gets worse: Hoskuld is already married and now she is a concubine slave. Her only solace is silence and she wields it like a weapon. Set in the same world as the Viking Secrets and Valkyrie Secrets series, Melkorka's tragic love story expands the universe and introduces readers to the epic Icelandic sagas. Please Note: This book is considered a standalone and can be read independently to other books by this author. Other books set within the world of the Viking sagas. VIKING SECRETS series: 1. Vikings: The Truth about Lagertha and Ragnar 2. Vikings: The Truth about Thora and Ragnar 3. Vikings: The Trouble with Ubbe's Mother 4. Vikings: The Truth about Aslaug and Ragnar VALKYRIE SECRETS series: 1. The Unnamed Warrior 2. Curse of the Valkyries 3. Breaker of Curses THE LOST VIKING (short story) RAGNAR AND THE WOMEN WHO LOVED HIM (Non-fiction novella about Ragnar Lodbrok)

Melkorka is a princess, the first daughter of a magnificent kingdom in medieval Ireland. But all of this is suddenly meaningless when she is kidnapped and taken aboard a Viking slave ship. Thrown into a new and unknown world, amongst people her former country's laws regarded as less than human, Melorka must learn quickly if she is to survive. Taking a vow of silence, however, she finds herself an object of fascination to her captors, and she soon realises that what little power she has may just make a difference. Based on an ancient Icelandic folktale, this is a heart-breaking story of a young girl who must learn to forget all she knows and carve out a place for herself in a new world - all without speaking a word.

This book studies two Viking families who appear in the records of the Atlantic littoral as pagan raiders and reinvent themselves as established Christian rulers.

Amy J. Fetzer transports readers to the mists of ancient Ireland with her spellbinding saga of passion, treachery, and the fiery war between a headstrong Irish princess and the English knight pledged to triumph.