Vinland saga. Volume one / Makoto Yukimura ; translation, Stephen Paul ; lettering, Scott O. Brown ; editing, Ben Applegate.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: Japanese Publisher: New York : Kodansha, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Edition: [English edition]Description: 466 pages : chiefly illustrations (some colour) ; 21 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781612624204 (hbk.); 1612624200Uniform titles: Vinrando saga. English. Subject(s): Vikings -- Comic books, strips, etc | Orphans -- Comic books, strips, etc | Revenge -- Comic books, strips, etcGenre/Form: Young adult fiction. | Graphic novels. DDC classification: 741.5952 Summary: As a child, Thorfinn sat at the feet of the great Leif Ericson and thrilled to wild tales of a land far to the west. But his youthful fantasies were shattered by a mercenary raid. Raised by the Vikings who murdered his family, Thorfinn became a terrifying warrior, forever seeking to kill the band's leader, Askeladd, and avenge his father. Sustaining Thorfinn through his ordeal are his pride in his family and his dreams of a fertile westward land, a land without war or slavery-- the land Leif called Vinland.
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First published in Japan in 2006 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo, as Vinland saga, volume 1 and 2.
Reads from right to left.
Translation of: Vinrando saga.
Ages 16+.
Translated fron the Japanese.
As a child, Thorfinn sat at the feet of the great Leif Ericson and thrilled to wild tales of a land far to the west. But his youthful fantasies were shattered by a mercenary raid. Raised by the Vikings who murdered his family, Thorfinn became a terrifying warrior, forever seeking to kill the band's leader, Askeladd, and avenge his father. Sustaining Thorfinn through his ordeal are his pride in his family and his dreams of a fertile westward land, a land without war or slavery-- the land Leif called Vinland.
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