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Fenrir (Claw Trilogy, Book 2)
Written by MD Lachlan
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Average Score:
65(4)
The Vikings are laying siege to Paris. As the houses on the banks of the Seine burn a debate rages in the Cathedral on the walled island of the city proper. The situation is hopeless. The Vikings want the Count's sister, in return they will spare the rest of the city. Can the Count really have ambitions to be Emperor of the Franks if he doesn't do everything he can to save his people? Can he call himself a man if he doesn't do everything he can to save his sister? His conscience demands one thing, the demands of state another. The Count and the church are relying on the living saint, the blind and crippled Jehan of St Germain, to enlist the aid of God and resolve the situation for them. But the Vikings have their own gods. And outside their camp a terrifying brother and sister, priests of Odin, have their own agenda. An agenda of darkness and madness. And in the shadows a wolfman lurks. M.D. Lachlan's stunning epic of mad Gods, Vikings and the myth of Fenrir, the wolf destined to kill Odin at Ragnarok, powers forward into new territories of bloody horror, unlikely heroism, dangerous religion and breathtaking action.
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Book Details
Fantasy
Paperback,
Published
by Pyr on October 25, 2011
First Published by Gollancz in 2011
ISBN-10 1616145277
ISBN-13 978-1616145279
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Reviews
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The Science Fact & Science Fiction Concatenation
| Ian Hunter
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Review Rating: 80
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This is a stirring epic of a novel combining history, mythology, love, adventure, horror, and not a little humour, adding up to a more than enjoyable ride towards the next book in the series.
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The Wertzone
| Adam Whitehead
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Review Rating: 80
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The dark, visceral horror of the situation is portrayed starkly, and there are moments of raw terror and bloody mysticism which Lachlan handles well.
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SF Site
| Sandra Scholes
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Review Rating: 60
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As this novel is a serious one, avid readers of Lachlan's work will be happy to know there are some funny moments too that I found to be unexpected but welcome.
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Fantasy Literature
| Nandini Ramachandran
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Review Rating: 40
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Fenrir, for all this marvelous metaphysics, would've been well served by a tighter edit.
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