This is a story I had on the back burner for a couple of years. I wrote the first few chapters about two years ago and then set it aside. After finishing The Contractor, I decided to give it another chance.
When Miami Vice began back in the '80s, the 'elevator pitch' given to investors was 'MTV Cops!' The elevator pitch for this story is 'Time Traveling Vikings!' It came about from the History Channel series Vikings. I'm a sucker for period pieces, especially ones involving mayhem and mishap. The series was about the story of Ragnar Lothbrok and his family and was horrendously inaccurate. (He led the raid on Lindisfarne in 793 and the Siege of Paris in 845 - 53 years later? His brother, Rollo, becomes the first Duke of Normandy, but that particular Rollo wasn't born until 870. Etc, etc, etc!)
Still, as I said, I'm a sucker for historical pieces and I put this one on my Record list on the DVR. So, I had to wonder, what would happen if some of Ragnar's buddies showed up via a time warp or something? Here's my version. I hope you like it!