Gunhild Haugnes' books
Genres: Adventure, Historical Fiction, Fantasy
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 16-18, 18+
A mysterious woman A furious volcano A merciless witch hunt Hekla was born on a bitterly cold and stormy winter night in the far north-east of Norway. Yet it is fire that will haunt Freya's fifth daughter. In 1662, her mother is burned at the stake for witchcraft, and Hekla is faced with the threat of the same fate hanging over her. She searches for her father, the renowned shaman Jovnna, across land and sea. Along the way, she encounters different peoples, seers, and underworld creatures. Hekla ultimately travels to the island that is home to the volcano she is named after. There she will meet her destiny.
Genres: Adventure, Historical Fiction, Fantasy
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 16-18, 18+
A Nordic love story. A heathen Ring. A fall of a nation The year is 1520, and young Luzie is playing with her new friend by the edge of the sea. She has no idea of the bloody drama that is about to break out in the neighbouring country, or of the momentous events which will have life-changing consequences for herself, her powerful mother, the Lady Inger of Austrått, and for all the Nordic countries. Nor does she know that she herself is destined to play a leading role in the most dramatic love story in the history of the North. Least of all, she knows about her own pagan origins, and the demanding mission that awaits her as the fourth daughter of Freya. A mission that will devour her life. LUZIE is the fourth stand-alone novel in the Daughters of Freya-series. The main characters in the series are bound...
Genres: Adventure, Historical Fiction, Fantasy
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 16-18, 18+
A devastating plague. A Christian queen. A pagan life quest. The year is 1349, and The Black Death is devouring Norway. Up in the mountains, Driva is unaware of its destruction of everything she holds dear in the village. She doesn’t yet know that she’s the daughter of the goddess Freya. She doesn’t yet know that she'll be tasked with the quest of a lifetime. Driva will serve the greatest queen of the North. But first she must abandon all she knows... ...and fight her way to the sorceress of Snøhetta. Driva is the third stand-alone novel in the Daughters of Freya-series. The main characters in the series are bound by ties of blood, and they have all been tasked with life-altering quests by Freya, with the survival of the Earth at stake.
Genres: Adventure, Historical Fiction, Fantasy
Age Groups: 16-18, 18+
Born as a princess, destined to serve the Norse gods Thoron grows up in an Irish village with her grandmother, a pagan - unaware that she is the daughter of the Norwegian King, Haakon Haakonsson. At fourteen Thoron leaves the Emerald Isle, and sails to her royal family just as the bloody battle for the kingship enters its last dramatic phase. The burden of her heathen inheritance weighs heavily upon her shoulders, and she finds herself forced to battle against everything her father stood for. In the 13th century, Norway was enjoying the peak of its power and influence. But everything was controlled by men!
Genres: Adventure, Historical Fiction, Fantasy
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback
Age Groups: 16-18, 18+
Fiery passion. Perilous voyages. Powerful history. Freydis Eiriksdatter, one of the most remarkable women of the Viking age, leads a harsh life amongst the towering cliffs and great glaciers of Greenland. She has the warrior spirit of her father, Eirik the Red, and as Christianity conquers Greenland, she continues to worship the old Norse gods. Like her brother, Leif Eiriksson, she’s cursed with an adventurer’s soul. Her biggest desire is to become a legendary explorer. Driven by ambition, curiosity - a restless hunger for more - she sets out on a hazardous voyage to Vinland. But amidst the perils and brutality of nature, her biggest obstacle is rudimentary… In the year 1080, an explorer can never be a woman.













