Blade

With nothing but a sword and a gritty determination to live, Woden, the son of a Germanic ex-slave from the land of the steppe, stumbles into the far reaches of the eighth-century empire of Byzantium. He quickly learns that a soldier’s skills and the right blend of ruthlessness, cunning, and luck will win him women, wealth, status, and power.

His quest for worldly rewards propels him through primev...