Name: Ilse's review of Odin's Game by Tim Hodkinson
Item: Odin's Game
Rating: 4
Author: Ilse

Tim Hodkinson

AD 915. In the Orkney Isles, a young woman flees her home to save the life of her unborn child. Eighteen years later, a witch foretells that evil from her past is reaching out again to threaten her son. Outlawed from his home in Iceland, Einar Unnsson is thrown on the mercy of his Uncle, the infamous Jarl Thorfinn 'Skull Cleaver' of Orkney. He joins forces with a Norse-Irish princess and a company of wolfskin-clad warriors to become a player in a deadly game for control of the Irish sea, where warriors are the pawns of kings and Jarls and the powerful are themselves mere game pieces on the tafl board of the Gods. Together they embark on a quest where Einar must fight unimaginable foes, forge new friendships, and discover what it truly means to be a warrior. As the clouds of war gather, betrayal follows betrayal and Einar realises the only person he can really trust is himself. Not everyone will survive, but who will conquer all in Odin's game?

Odin's Game

Ilse

Iceland, AD 950: a young man must leave his homeland to forge his destiny, and find his father...

First in the Whale Road Chronicles, I discovered this book by somewhat of an accident as an audiobook. The book follows Einar as he discovers the secrets of his past. I’ve always loved mythology, and so a book called Odin’s Game was one I had to read, and I wasn’t disappointed by its story. Going in blind, I didn’t know what to expect, but I’m dubbing it as my preferred way to discover books. Till now I’ve always been pleasantly surprised. 

I really like Einar’s character, and especially how Tim Hodkinson wrote his reactions and thought process. It made him very human, and that’s what I primarily seek in stories. All in all, I would highly recommend this to anyone that likes Norse mythology and epic (though somewhat gory) battles. It’s an incredibly well researched book for anyone that loved historical fiction.

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