Vinland Saga

Thorfinn grows up in Iceland on stories of his father, Thors, a feared warrior who walked away from war to live in peace. When the cunning mercenary Askeladd kills Thors, the boy sneaks aboard his ship, determined to avenge him with a duel. Askeladd agrees to the challenge, but only if Thorfinn earns it, and so begin years of dangerous tasks and raids that pull him deep into the brutal world of the Vikings. Against the backdrop of the early 11th century, as Danish and English armies tear into each other, Thorfinn grows up fighting beside the very man he hates, with violence all around him and little else to hold onto. It's a gritty, thoughtful historical epic that begins as a tale of revenge and slowly becomes a sweeping story about war, power, redemption, and what it means to find a purpose worth living for.