Ted Malone · Historical Fiction

One came seeking a new world.
The other was defending his own.

Name: A’Viking West: The First Shore
Author: Ted Malone

A’Viking West: The First Shore is an upmarket historical novel of first contact, competing loyalties, and the fragile beginnings of understanding between two worlds.

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Publishing November 11, 2026

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A’Viking West The First Shore

Set against the Norse voyages to North America around the year 1000, this debut historical novel follows two young men on opposite sides of first contact whose unlikely friendship challenges everything they believe about courage, loyalty, and the meaning of home.

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The story behind the story

A Viking Story Told From Both Shores

Einar · The voyage west

History remembers those who sailed west. But the people already living on those distant shores had stories of their own.

Actaudin · The world already here

A’Viking West explores the human dimensions of first contact through two young men shaped by different families, traditions, and expectations.

It is a story about the courage to cross unfamiliar waters—and the greater courage sometimes required to understand someone on the other side.

Ted Malone on a North Atlantic shoreline

The author

Meet Ted Malone

Ted Malone is a technology executive, architect, and lifelong student of history whose professional career has centered on complex systems, challenging assumptions, and understanding how different perspectives shape decisions.

In his debut novel, A’Viking West: The First Shore, he turns that curiosity toward the Norse voyages to North America, exploring the human stories behind one of history’s most fascinating encounters.

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One came seeking a new world.The other was defending his own.