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Giles Kristian

(b.1975)

Family history (he is half Norwegian) and his storytelling hero, Bernard Cornwell, inspired Giles Kristian to write his first historical novels, the acclaimed and bestselling Raven Viking trilogy Blood Eye, Sons of Thunder and Odin's Wolves. For his next series, he drew on a long-held fascination with the English Civil War. The Bleeding Land and Brother's Fury follow the fortunes of a divided family against the complex and brutal backcloth of a conflict that tore this country apart and ended with the killing of a king.

Genres: Historical, Fantasy

Series

Raven
   1. Blood Eye (2009)
   2. Sons of Thunder (2010)
   3. Odin's Wolves (2011)

Bleeding Land
1. The Bleeding Land (2012)
2. Brothers' Fury (2013)

Rise of Sigurd
   1. God of Vengeance (2014)
   2. Winter's Fire (2016)
   3. Wings of the Storm (2016)

Courtney (with Wilbur Smith)
14. Golden Lion (2015)

Novels

   Lancelot (2018)
   Camelot (2020)
   Where Blood Runs Cold (2022)
   Arthur (2024)

Novellas and Short Stories

The Terror (2014)
Hellmouth (2021)

Award nominations

	2019 HWA Gold Crown Award (shortlist) : Lancelot
	2017 HWA Gold Crown Award (shortlist) : Wings of the Storm

Giles Kristian recommends

Whiteout (2025)
R S Burnett
"Burnett masterfully evokes a horrifying sense of claustrophobia, even within the vast, desolate reaches of an all but uninhabited continent. In this story, the hostile environment is not the only killer, and the fiercest battle is perhaps the one fought within. A riveting debut - I tore through it like a blizzard."

The Sinner's Mark (2023)
(Nicholas Shelby, book 6)
S W Perry
"Beautiful writing."

Kings of a Dead World (2021)
Jamie Mollart
"Kings of a Dead World intrigued me with its title and had me on page one. Mollart's dystopian vision is as disturbing as it is brilliant."

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