The United States of Vinland: The Landing (The Markland Trilogy) (26 page)

Helluland:
The lands to
the north of Markland and west of Greenland (Baffin Island).

Markland:
The rugged
and partially wooded coast to the south west of Greenland (Labrador).

Skraelings:
The name
given to some of the indigenous peoples of the westerly lands. In Norse
mythology the term is both attributed to dwarves and wretches. Historically,
the term was applied by the Greenland Norse to the Inuit populations of that
region.

Thralls:
The Norse
term for slaves.

Vinland:
The island
to the south of Greenland and Markland (Newfoundland).

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he Fall of Ossard is a
dark fantasy that tells a coming of age story, as a wealthy city-state of
merchant princes spins out of control. This is a slower and considered read in
a dying world, not an action adventure, and may not be for all readers of The
United States of Vinland series. Please, feel free to give it a try, but be
warned it is a layered and brooding story.

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Book 3, Lae Ossard, will
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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.