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The Broken Sword
Poul Anderson
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Description for The Broken Sword
Paperback. Poul Anderson's stunningly powerful Norse dark fantasy. Series: Fantasy Masterworks. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
The sword Tyrfing has been broken to prevent it striking at the roots of Yggdrasil, the great tree that binds earth, heaven and hell together ... But now the mighty sword is needed again to save the elves, who are heavily involved in their war against the trolls, and only Skafloc, a human child kidnapped and raised by the elves, can hope to persuade the mighty ice-giant, Bolverk, to make the sword Thor broke whole again. But things are never easy, and along the way Skafloc must also confront his shadow self, Valgard the changeling, who took his place in ... Read more
The sword Tyrfing has been broken to prevent it striking at the roots of Yggdrasil, the great tree that binds earth, heaven and hell together ... But now the mighty sword is needed again to save the elves, who are heavily involved in their war against the trolls, and only Skafloc, a human child kidnapped and raised by the elves, can hope to persuade the mighty ice-giant, Bolverk, to make the sword Thor broke whole again. But things are never easy, and along the way Skafloc must also confront his shadow self, Valgard the changeling, who took his place in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Fantasy Masterworks
Condition
New
Weight
193g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473205444
SKU
V9781473205444
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Ref
99-50
About Poul Anderson
Poul Anderson was born in Pennsylvania of Scandinavian stock. He started publishing science fiction in 1947 and became one the great figures in the genre, serving as President of the Science Fiction Writers of America, winning multiple HUGO and NEBULA AWARDs, and was named a SFWA GRAND MASTER. He collaborated regularly with wife, Karen, and their daughter is married to ... Read more
Reviews for The Broken Sword
It has a wonderful, wild, manic originality, a driving story and a genuine feel of the grim realities informing Anglo-Saxon myth and legend which few other fantasies possess Fantasy of harsh truth and driving narrative, imbued with the energy and the wild beauty of the old Norse tales The young Anderson taps the authentic ... Read more