Burden to Bear

Telling the Norse myths is a lot easier than living them.

Ansgar isn't your typical viking: He tells stories of gods and heroes for a living.

When viking crews set out to do something insane, they want a chronicler who can spin the crazy into the heroic. Ansgar runs into one band of brothers intent on doing something truly stupid. They need a skilled storyteller, as their last five were all devoured, drowned, or hacked to death soon after joining. That new recruit has to be capable of survivi...