The Byworlder
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 the world of men.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Fantastic
- Year
- 1971
- ISBN-13
- 9780839824329
- Genre
- Fantasy
- Topics
- Norse mythologyWar between elves and trollsDoppelgangeridentity
Awards
- Nebula Award for Best NovelShortlisted(1971)
Other awarded books from Poul Anderson
- A Midsummer Tempest
- The Boat of a Million Years
- Hrolf Kraki's Saga
- The Stars Are Also Fire
- The People of the Wind
- Orion Shall Rise
- The Fleet of Stars
- Fire Time
- Tau Zero
- The High Crusade
- The Star Fox
- There Will Be Time
- We Have Fed Our Sea (also known as The Enemy Stars)
- Dancer from Atlantis
- Genesis
- Harvest of Stars
- Mirkheim
- Mother of Kings
- Starfarers
- The Avatar
- The Merman's Children
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