The beloved manga action epic that inspired the hit anime returns in this premium collector’s
hardcover including volumes 16–18 of the Japanese edition and original bonus content! She
yearns for the excitement of the open sea. But all the men in her life have always told her
that women can’t be sailors. Can Gudrid find a way to freedom? Or will she waste away like a
bird in chains? Since she was a child Gudrid has been entranced by the wide world beyond the
sea stowing away on Leif Ericson's ship every chance she got...only to be dragged back home
and told that a good Norse girl must protect the home and raise a family. Now a widow at 19
she is all of an hour into her second marriage when she absentmindedly stabs her new husband in
the leg in their wedding bed. Gudrid flees to Thorfinn and Leif's ship but they have a risky
voyage ahead to fund their ambitions in Vinland. With success (and even survival) uncertain is
there room on the ship for an inexperienced girl just married to the son of a ruthless
landlord? This premium hardcover edition presents the acclaimed action epic in hardcover at
a bigger size than ever before (7 by 10 inches) wrapped in a dark brown leather-patterned
cover with logo stamping. This new edition features all the content of the original release
plus new and exclusive bonus illustrations interviews and behind-the-scenes details never
before translated. This oversized collection includes volumes 16-18 of the Japanese edition of
Vinland Saga plus 53 pages of bonus content: Makoto Yukimura's samurai short story "For Our
Farewell Is Near " presented in its entirety in English for the first time A new introduction
to "For Our Farewell Is Near" by the author never before published in English Faux leather
covers featuring an inscription in Norse runes commemorating Thorfinn's found family
