As I mentioned in my alibi series, July 2025 post, I got some reading done while vacationing in Trinidad and Tobago. In addition to the alibi series, I also read three other titles, Christ in The Rubble, Happy Life (I’ll cover these in future posts), and the topic of today’s post, Black Shield Maiden by Willow Smith and Jess Hendel.
The co-author, Willow Smith, informs us that she has been intrigued by Viking culture and history over the years and wondered if they ever encountered African peoples. Through discoveries during her research this novel, Black Shield Maiden, and its characters were born. The authors take us through a thrilling, page-turning, historical tale of women in a vicious world controlled by men.