{"product_id":"book-1vze","title":"RUNEBOUND","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~ Literary Titan Gold Book Award Winner ~\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~ Readers' Choice Book Awards Gold Winner ~\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e~ 5-Star Rating from Readers' Favorite ~\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e~ 5-Star Rating from Reader Views ~\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e~ 5-Star Rating from Reedsy Discovery ~\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMilena of Mecklenburg was raised to honor duty above all else. But fate had other plans.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn into a Christian court that has abandoned the old gods in favor of the Church and promised to a Saxon noble to secure her father's rule, she is expected to submit without question, even as the remnants of the pagan North still breathe beneath the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaunted by prophetic dreams and guided by intuition, Milena receives a rune long destined for her. Its ancient power awakens something in her that does not belong to the world she knows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Norse traders arrive to barter with her father, she is introduced to another way of being and encounters a young warrior who threatens everything her father has built on buried grief, shame, and regret.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo choose her own path means betraying her family, her faith, and the fragile order that holds her world together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd once she begins, there will be no turning back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRunebound\u003c\/em\u003e is a richly grounded historical fiction novel with fantasy undertones and a thread of romantic tension, set in the twelfth century, where the old gods endure in the shadow of the rising Cross. It is a tale of love, destiny, forbidden belief, and awakening power for readers drawn to mythic, folkloric stories in the tradition of \u003cem\u003eThe Bear and the Nightingale\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eUprooted.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":67042387362096,"sku":"BD1vze","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/1vze-Square-cover.png?v=1782115984","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-1vze","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}