'Between the Helpless and the Darkness' review

[Gary Oswald]

Discuss this article by @SpanishSpy here

 

[Thande]

Now there's an original take on a Harald Hardrada what-if. Also lets you do AH about a historical figure most people at British schools will have heard of in passing, and already was the type to have travelled pretty much everywhere and fought pretty much everyone - great concept.

 

[Charles EP M.]

I see what the caption means about the British Minimalist style @Thande knocked at, because nothing about the cover would make me think "this is an alternate history about a Viking king going to America"

 

[SpanishSpy]

I see what the caption means about the British Minimalist style @Thande knocked at, because nothing about the cover would make me think "this is an alternate history about a Viking king going to America"

Which is ironic, because Olson is American.

He seems to be that sort of Midwesterner with Scandinavian ancestry who has gotten really into their history.