Format:
Book
Title:
Vinland saga
Other title(s):
For honor and vengeance
England at war
A bloody coming of age
A king is born
A life without purpose
Within the king's grasp
Deaths and decisions
Troubled waters
Fighting for a future
The battle begins
The mighty laid low
Family ties
A dream comes ashore
Uniform Title:
Vinrando saga. English
Author (alt. graph.):
幸村誠, 1976- author, artist.
ISBN:
9781612624204
9781612624211
9781612624228
9781612624235
9781612624242
9781612628035
9781632360090
9781632363725
9781632364456
9781632366306
9781632368034
9781646510771
9781646513017
Publication:
New York : Kodansha Comics, [2013]-
Physical Description:
volumes : illustrations (some color), maps ; 21 cm
General Note:
Each book contains two volumes of the series originally published in Japan by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo, as Vinland saga.
Manga format; reads back to front, right to left.
Contents:
Book one. Normanni -- Somewhere not here -- Beyond the edge of the sea -- Unbreakable chains -- Troll -- Bonus Material: Heroic exploits of viking girl Ylva -- Messenger from the battlefield -- Sword -- The journey begins -- A trap in distant seas -- Night wake -- Cage -- More than a monster -- Smell -- The sword of Thors -- A true warrior -- The death of Thors -- Special report: I went to the land of Aurora Borealis -- Translation notes -- Bonus story: For our farewell is near, part 1 -- Photo gallery: Makato Yukimura gets an award.
Book two. England, 1008 A.D. -- England 1013 A.D. -- The battle of London Bridge -- Ragnarok -- Valhalla -- Bonus material: Ylva at work -- The troll's son -- Reinforcements -- The land on the far bank -- Bluff -- Artorius -- The warriors and the monk -- Night attack -- Bonus material: Viking girl Ylva, Hideo Nishimoto edition -- Translation notes -- Bonus story: For our farewell is near, part 2.
Book three. Father and son -- Master and servant at the table -- History of beasts -- Defectors -- Betrayal -- Avalon -- Contact -- Two on the battlefield -- The definition of love -- Out of the cradle -- The king awakens -- The legend of Thors -- United front -- Verdict -- Bonus manga: Dimly remembered Vinland saga -- Translation notes -- Bonus story: For our farewell is near, part 3 -- Ask Yukimura.
Book four. The prince returns -- The curse of the crown -- His last friend -- Two lone wolves -- The hero is gone -- Reunion -- Karlsefni -- Plot -- Miscalculation -- The hero returns -- The fury of Britannia's king -- End of the prologue -- Slave -- Ketil's farm -- Translation notes -- Bonus story: For our farewell is near, part 4 -- Ask Yukimura.
Book five. Young master -- The men you're allowed to kill -- Snake -- His first friend -- The way of blood -- Canute's way -- I need a horse, parts 1-2 -- At the old master's house -- Budding -- Iron fist Ketil -- An empty man -- Provocation -- The dream -- Oath -- Translation notes -- Bonus story: For our farewell is near, part 5 -- Translation notes.
Book six. The curse of the head -- When you're free -- Escaped slave -- King and sword -- Olmar's finest hour -- Disgrace -- Treason -- Portents of storm clouds -- Gardar's assault -- Storm -- Bondage -- Atonement -- A convenient dream -- Confrontation -- No going home -- Translation notes -- Ask Yukimura.
Book seven. The first move -- Punishment -- The eve of battle -- Price of the food -- The battle of Ketil Farm -- Hundred-count -- Birth of a warrior -- Recommendation of surrender -- Forgotten things -- Invincible -- Emperor of rebellion -- Two paradises -- Departure -- Homecoming -- Translation notes -- Ask Yukimura -- Tribute / by Faith Erin Hicks.
Book eight. The fettered tern, parts 1-8 -- The liberated tern -- Crossing the North Sea -- From warrior to warrior -- Obligatory vengeance -- Troublemakers -- The hunter and the hunted, parts 1-2 -- Translation notes.
Book nine. The hunter and the hunted, parts 3-9 -- A borrowed life -- Departing Norway -- War in the Baltic, parts 1-5 -- Translation notes -- Ask Yukimura.
Book ten. War in the Baltic, parts 6-12 -- Dogland saga -- War in the Baltic, parts 13-20 -- Translation notes -- Special RealQ interview with Makoto Yukimura.
Book eleven. War in the Baltic, parts 21-36 -- Translation notes -- Bonus anime art.
Book twelve. Sigurd's decision -- Sigurd's return -- Siggy and Hall -- Sigurd's resistance -- Sigurd's departure -- Marriage -- Voyage to the west, parts 1-9 -- Bonus manga: Valhalla report -- Bonus manga: Assassin's creed Valhalla collaboration.
Book thirteen. Voyage to the west, parts 10-14 -- The name of the village is... -- The most frightening man -- Natives -- Afterword -- Lnu -- Niskawaji'j's dream -- Cordelia's anguish -- Niskawaji'j's expedition -- Hild and the god of the forest -- Miskwekepu'j's ritual -- The Ragnarok dialogue -- The day arrives -- Afterword -- Translation notes.
Summary:
Set in medieval England during the Viking invasions, this saga follows the adventures of Thorfinn, a young Viking warrior driven by his twin desires to avenge his father's death and reach the free and peaceful land Leif Ericson called Vinland.
Reading Level:
OT, ages 16+.
Added Title:
For our farewell is near.