Gudrun's Tapestry
by Joan Schweighardt

Gudrun's Tapestry is the silver medal winner for historical fiction in the ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award and runner-up for the Independent Publisher's Book Awards (IPPYs) announced at this year's BEA (Book Expo America) in Chicago.

Gudrun’s Tapestry is a powerful, enchanting and vivid tale of a lone woman’s quest to face the Fifth century’s greatest terror, Attila the Hun. The only thing she bears is a cursed sword and a belief that she must act to preserve her people, the Burgundians. Along the way Gudrun unexpectedly discovers the capacity to love a man who may be a mortal enemy. In finally confronting her true self, she must embark on an inner journey to cope with adversity in the outer world. Grounded in history and loosely based on the Poetic Edda, Gudrun’s Tapestry takes the reader on a quest of self-discovery in a tale of magic and courage that resonates through the centuries to touch the reader’s heart and soul.

"The hero-tales of the Germanic peoples form a glowing thread in the tapestry of European literature. Gudrun’s Tapestry presents one of the greatest of those legends from a woman’s perspective, with emotion as well as action, bringing new meaning to an ancient tale."—Diana L. Paxson, author of the Wodan’s Children trilogy and co-author of the New York Times bestseller Priestess of Avalon

Also published in Italy (La Regina Guerriera)
and soon, in Russia!