Andrew Vaillencourt

Thor's Day (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Vikings? Really?

Yes, really.

Famous for barbarism, pillaging, and poor manners, the word "Viking" is synonymous with bad behavior. Their world was dangerous and mean, filled to the brim with treachery and unsavory characters. Their politics were rife with bribery and backstabbing, their daily lives an endless struggle against a society and an economy hell-bent on crushing the spirit. It was age lost to the darkness of greed and fear.

Wait. No. That's our world. My mistake.

The Viking age was one of the greatest periods of exploration and economic growth the world has ever seen. Social mobility was high, the rights of the people were sacred, and anyone with a good idea and a surplus of bravery could aspire to the loftiest offices of the land.

Both law and custom for the Vikings catered to the growth of the community through the empowerment of the citizenry, and for four centuries this system humiliated the monarchies of Europe. What can the Vikings tell us about our own lives, and how can they help us live up to the potential of the modern world?

With a generous helping of snark and a fair bit of foul language, this book will try very hard to answer those questions with a question of its own: What would Thor do?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Andrew Vaillencourt
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781393042495
• Artikelnr.: 58291480

Autorenporträt

Andrew Vaillencourt would like you to believe he is a writer. But that is probably not the best place to start. He is a former MMA competitor, bouncer, gym teacher, exotic dancer wrangler, and engineer.

He wrote his first novel, 'Ordnance,' on a dare from his father and has no intention of stopping now. Drawing on far too many bad influences including comic books, action movies, pulp sci-fi and his own upbringing as one of twelve children, Andrew is committed to filling the heads of readers with hard-boiled action and vivid worlds in which to set it. His work pulls characters and voices born from his time throwing drunks out of a KC biker bar, fighting in the Midwest amateur MMA circuit, or teaching kindergarteners how to do a proper push-up.

He currently lives in Connecticut with his lovely wife, three decent children, and a very lazy ball python named Max.