The Broken Sword

by Poul Anderson Narrated by Noah Michael Levine

Overview

This acclaimed fantasy classic of men, elves, and gods is at once breathtakingly exciting and heartbreakingly tragic.



Poul Anderson's novel The Broken Sword draws on similar Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon sources as The Fellowship of the Ring. In his greed for land and power, Orm the Strong slays the family of a Saxon witch-and for his sins, the Northman must pay with his newborn son. Stolen by elves and replaced by a changeling, Skafloc is raised to manhood unaware of his true heritage and treasured for his ability to handle the iron that the elven dare not touch. Meanwhile, the being who supplanted him as Orm's son grows up angry and embittered by the humanity he has been denied. A pawn in a witch's vengeance, the creature Valgard will never know love, and consumed by rage, he will commit a murderous act of unspeakable vileness.



It is their destiny to finally meet on the field of battle-the man-elf and his dark twin, the monster-when the long-simmering war between elves and trolls finally erupts with a devastating fury. And only the mighty sword Tyrfing, broken by Thor and presented to Skafloc in infancy, can turn the tide in a terrible clashing of faerie folk that will ultimately determine the fate of the old gods.

Editorial Reviews

Asimov’s

This book is a stunner, and a must for every fantasy lover.”

Michael Moorcock

One of the most influential fantasy novels I’ve ever read.”

Guardian (Manchester)

Poul Anderson’s classic fantasy, The Broken Sword, knocks The Fellowship of the Ring into a cocked hat.”

Michael Scott Rohan

Anderson taps the authentic vein of Norse myth, but, like Tolkien, recreates it in his own unique style.”

From the Publisher

"A magnificent saga of the interplay of gods, demigods, faerie, heroes, and men.” —Anthony Boucher
 
“A fast-paced, doom-drenched tragedy in which human heroism, love, and ambition, manipulated by amoral gods, elves and trolls, led inevitably to tragic consequences.” —Michael Moorcock
 
“Poul Anderson’s classic fantasy, The Broken Sword, knocks The Fellowship of the Ring into a cocked hat.” —The Guardian

Product Details

BN ID:	2940176260502
Publisher:	Tantor Audio
Publication date:	02/15/2022
Edition description:	Unabridged

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