United States of Vinland: Markland Aflame (The Markland Settlement Saga, #5)

One Thousand years ago Norse explorers reached North America during the Viking Age.
What if they had stayed?
Join the adventure as we rewrite history!
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Markland Aflame concludes the Markland Settlement Saga first begun in The Landing as rival colonies and Norse bloodlines go head to head.
Separate saga series set in the United States of Vinland setting will continue our exploration of this alternate timeline.
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The Markland Settlement Saga series (including separately published short stories) reading order is:
The United States Of Vinland (USV#1): The Landing
A Short Tale From Norse America (ASTFNA#1): Young Ravens & Hidden Blades
The United States Of Vinland (USV#2): Red Winter
A Short Tale From Norse America (ASTFNA#2): Old Gods (written with permission by L.E. Sheppard)
The United States Of Vinland (USV#3): Loki's Rage
A Short Tale From Norse America (ASTFNA#3): Hunted (written with permission by L.E. Sheppard)
A Short Tale From Norse America (ASTFNA#4): A Valkyrie of Vinland
And coming in 2025:
The United States Of Vinland (USV#4): Odin's Hall
A Short Tale From Norse America (ASTFNA#5): A Wolf's Call
The United States Of Vinland (USV#5): Markland Aflame
A Short Tale From Norse America (ASTFNA#6): Blood of Bears
This open-ended alternate history series will continue with future installments chronicling the eventual founding and rise of one of the greatest nations the world has ever seen.

Colin Taber was born in Australia in 1970 and announced his intention to be a writer at the innocent age of 6. His father, an accountant, provided some cautious advice, suggesting that life might be easier if his son pursued a more predictable vocation.
Colin didn't listen.
Over the past twenty years Colin's had over a hundred magazine articles published, notably in Australian Realms Magazine. In 2009 his first novel, The Fall of Ossard, was released to open his coming of age dark fantasy series, The Ossard Trilogy. The second installment, Ossard's Hope, followed in 2011 and was supported by a national book signing tour. Currently Colin is working on the final book in that trilogy, Lae Ossard, and his new series The United States of Vinland.
Colin has done many things over the years, from working in bookshops to event management, small press publishing, landscape design and even tree farming. All he really wants to do, though, is to get back to his oak grove and be left to write.
Thankfully, with an enthusiastic and growing readership, that day is coming. He currently haunts the west coast city of Perth.