THE VIKING'S APPRENTICE

Picture the kind of enduring love that most of us would wish for; the kind of elderly, married couple we might see on the street, or in a café, so in tune with each other that it’s hard to imagine one without the other.

John and Elizabeth have a love like that, but John’s world is suddenly shattered when Elizabeth is brutally taken from him. For some people it can feel as though it’s just too difficult to go on when one half of you is missing. How will John cope with his broken heart? Who, or what, can help him?

What happens when someone finally snaps? In this cleverly executed short story we follow a man, trapped in a life that no longer offers him any joy.

He’s imprisoned by a job that he hates, and his bleak home life offers him no relief.

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‘The Silent Treatment’ is a searing observation on a lonely, unfulfilled modern life, which gradually leads to the depths of madness, and its full of clues, twists and turns to keep you guessing until it reaches its conclusion.

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Why was it here?

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What is this place it finds itself in?

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What is the monster hiding in the darkness?

Who is the girl in the silent movies?

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Find out in The Journey, a short story from the writer of the critically acclaimed The Viking's Apprentice series and She Died on a Monday.