Long after King Estein had joined his fathers on the Little Holm beyond Hernersfiord, and Helgi, Earl of Askland, had become but a warlike memory, the skalds of Sogn still sang this tale of Vandrad the Viking. It contained much wonderful magic, and some astonishingly hard strokes, as they told it; but reading between their lines, the magic bears a strong resemblance to many spells cast even at this day, and as for the sword strokes, there was need for them to be hard in Norway then. For that was the age of the making of many kingdoms, and the North was beginning to do its share........TABLE OF CONTENTSCHAPTER I . THE WEST SEA SAILINGCHAPTER II. THE BAIRN-SLAYERSCHAPTER III. THE HOLY ISLECHAPTER IV. THE ISLAND SPELLCHAPTER V. ANDREAS THE HERMITCHAPTER VI. THE HALL OF LIOTCHAPTER VII. THE VERDICT OF THE SWORDCHAPTER VIII. IN THE CELL BY THE ROOSTCHAPTER IX. THE MESSAGE OF THE RUNESCHAPTER X. KING BUE'S FEASTCHAPTER XI. THE HOUSE IN THE FORESTCHAPTER XII. THE MAGICIANCHAPTER XIII. ARROW AND SHIELDCHAPTER XIV. THE MIDNIGHT GUESTCHAPTER XV. THE LAST OF THE LAWMANCHAPTER XVI. KING ESTEINCHAPTER XVII. THE END OF THE STORY