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The Broken sword

Thor has broken the sword Tyrfing so that it cannot strike at the roots of Yggdrasil, the tree that binds together earth, heaven and hell. But now the mighty sword is needed again to save the elves in their war against the trolls, and only Scafloc, a human child kidnapped and raised by the elves, can hope to persuade Bolverk the ice giant to make Tyrfing whole again. But Scafloc must also confront his shadow self, Valgard the changeling who has taken his place in the world of men.

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  • "Broken sword"@it
  • "broken sword"@ja

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  • "Thor has broken the sword Tyrfing so that it cannot strike at the roots of Yggdrasil, the tree that binds together earth, heaven and hell. But now the mighty sword is needed again to save the elves in their war against the trolls, and only Scafloc, a human child kidnapped and raised by the elves, can hope to persuade Bolverk the ice giant to make Tyrfing whole again. But Scafloc must also confront his shadow self, Valgard the changeling who has taken his place in the world of men."
  • "Thor has broken the sword Tyrfing so that it cannot strike at the roots of Yggdrasil, the tree that binds together earth, heaven and hell. But now the mighty sword is needed again to save the elves in their war against the trolls, and only Scafloc, a human child kidnapped and raised by the elves, can hope to persuade Bolverk the ice giant to make Tyrfing whole again. But Scafloc must also confront his shadow self, Valgard the changeling who has taken his place in the world of men."@en
  • "The son of a Norse warlord, kidnapped at birth and raised by elves, and the bitter changeling who replaced him clash in a monumental war of trolls, elves, and man in this acclaimed classic of fantasy fiction Published the same year as The Fellowship of the Ring , Poul Anderson’s novel The Broken Sword draws on similar Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon sources. 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. Considered one of the masters of golden-age speculative fiction, along with such notables as Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, and Robert Heinlein, multiple Hugo and Nebula Award winner Poul Anderson proved himself equally adept at creating epic fantasy with The Broken Sword , a masterful tale of men, elves, and gods that is at once breathtakingly exciting and heartbreakingly tragic."@en
  • "Der Menschensohn Skafloc ist gemäß einer alten Prophezeiung als Einziger in der Lage, das legendäre zerbrochene Schwert wieder zusammenzufügen. Und nur er kann die Waffe schwingen, die im Krieg der Elfen gegen die Trolle die Entscheidung bringen soll. Doch die mächtige Waffe ist zugleich sein Schicksal ... >Das zerbrochene Schwert< ist das bedeutendste Werk des Großmeisters Poul Anderson. Die fesselnde Saga um Elfen, Trolle und alte Götter gilt als das heidnisch-düstere Gegenstück zu Tolkiens >Der Herr der Ringe<. >Dieses Buch zählt zu den wenigen Werken der Fantasy, die unsterblich bleiben werden.< Warren C. Norwood"
  • "De verwisseling van een pasgeboren Vikingkind met een elf, leidt - als beiden volwassen geworden zijn - tot bloedige strijd."

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  • "Science fiction"@en
  • "History"
  • "History"@en
  • "Fantasy novels"
  • "American fiction"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Americké romány"
  • "Fantasy romány"
  • "Powieść fantastyczna amerykańska"
  • "Powieść fantastyczna amerykańska"@pl
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Fantasy"
  • "Romány"
  • "Fantasy fiction"
  • "Fantasy fiction"@en

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  • "La spada spezzata : romanzo"
  • "La spada spezzata : romanzo"@it
  • "La Spada spezzata"
  • "Zaklęty miecz"@pl
  • "The broken sword : Introd. by Lin Carter"
  • "La espada rota"
  • "La espada rota"@es
  • "La Espada rota"
  • "Het gebroken zwaard : een zwerftocht door de fantasy-wereld van de Noorse mythen en sagen"
  • "The Broken sword"@en
  • "Das zerbrochene Schwert eine Saga von der letzten Schlacht"
  • "The broken Sword"
  • "Het gebroken zwaard"
  • "The broken sword"
  • "The broken sword"@en
  • "The Broken Sword"@en
  • "Oreta maken"@ja
  • "折れた魔剣"
  • "Das zerbrochene Schwert Roman"
  • "Zlomený meč"

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