Norse Mythology • Viking World • Dragon Shifter Romantasy

If You Love Norse Mythology, Viking Warriors, and Heroines Who Fight Their Own Battles — This Is Your Series.

DRAGONS OF BLOOD AND BONE

VIKING DRAGON SHIFTER REVERSE HAREM ROMANTASY • COMPLETE 6-BOOK SERIES

Most Viking fantasy retrofits the old sagas into a generic medieval fantasy template. Dragons of Blood and Bone doesn’t. The world is genuinely Scandinavian — modern Stockholm and Norway serve as the physical setting, with a secret supernatural overlay of dragon clans, Blood Dragon warriors, dragon courts, and a Kingsguard that maps onto Norse clan structure rather than generic fantasy feudalism.

The dragon warrior tradition here reads Valkyrie-adjacent. Rikyava is a Blood Dragon — she was born into a clan of warrior dragons, trained as a fighter, and serves as Head of Guard at the Red Letter Hotel in Paris. When she returns to Stockholm, she steps back into a world governed by a Kingsguard Captain (Bjorn), a King of the Blood Dragons, and a secret society of Black Dragon Knights whose power structure echoes the shadow-councils of Norse mythology. The threat she faces — an ancient undead dragon, summoned by Bone Mages — has the texture of genuine Norse horror: something ancient, something wronged, something that shouldn’t exist.

If you’ve been looking for fantasy romance that takes the Viking/Norse setting seriously — not as a costume but as a world — Dragons of Blood and Bone is one of the most authentic iterations the genre has produced. Amazon placed it #1 in Fantasy Romance, Urban Fantasy, and Romantasy. Readers call it “truly magical in a dark and scary way.”

Truly magical in a dark and scary way

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Rich, sensual, evocative — so much imagination

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NORSE & VIKING WORLD FAQ

How central is the Norse/Viking setting?
Central — the Blood Dragon clans are rooted in modern Scandinavia (Sweden, Norway). The power structures, naming conventions, and world logic are built on Viking/Norse clan culture rather than generic medieval European fantasy.

Does it draw on actual Norse mythology?
Yes, in texture and structure. The ancient undead dragon (the Black Dragon of All Souls) echoes Norse cosmological monsters; the secret Black Dragon Knights echo the shadow-council structures of Norse legend. It’s not a direct mythology retelling, but the roots are present throughout.

Is the heroine a warrior — like a Valkyrie?
Rikyava is a warrior dragon and trained fighter, a credible analog to Valkyrie mythology — a woman born to battle, not thrust into it by circumstance. She was raised in a warrior clan and commands their respect as Head of Guard.

Is the series complete?
Six books, complete. Ebook free in Kindle Unlimited. Audiobooks at avawardromance.com.