{"product_id":"the-broken-sword-paperback","title":"The Broken Sword - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePoul Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Dirda\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis acclaimed fantasy classic of men, elves, and gods is at once breathtakingly exciting and heartbreakingly tragic.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Published the same year as \u003ci\u003eThe Fellowship of the Ring\u003c\/i\u003e, Poul Anderson's novel \u003ci\u003eThe Broken Sword \u003c\/i\u003edraws 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Along with such notables as Isaac Asimov and Ray Bradbury, multiple Hugo and Nebula Award winner Poul Anderson is considered one of the masters of speculative fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis edition contains the author's original text.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoul Anderson (1926-2001) grew up bilingual in a Danish American family. After discovering science fiction fandom and earning a physics degree at the University of Minnesota, he found writing science fiction more satisfactory. Admired for his \"hard\" science fiction, mysteries, historical novels, and \"fantasy with rivets,\" he also excelled in humor. He was the guest of honor at the 1959 World Science Fiction Convention and at many similar events, including the 1998 Contact Japan 3 and the 1999 Strannik Conference in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Besides winning the Hugo and Nebula Awards, he has received the Gandalf, Seiun, and Strannik, or \"Wanderer,\" Awards. A founder of the Science Fiction \u0026amp; Fantasy Writers of America, he became a Grand Master, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1952 he met Karen Kruse; they married in Berkeley, California, where their daughter, Astrid, was born, and they later lived in Orinda, California. Astrid and her husband, science fiction author Greg Bear, now live with their family outside Seattle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 02, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693301960767,"sku":"9781504054959","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/e1129beafa470bc075cf936fa493eb10.webp?v=1764998469","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-broken-sword-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}