The Sea of Trolls
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“The Sea of Trolls blends ancient history and Norse epics with recognizable bits of Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings” (The New York Times). Jack is kidnapped by berserkers from his Saxon village in the year A.D. 793, an occurrence forewarned by his mentor the Bard. Captured by Viking chief Olaf One-Brow, Jack and his sister, Lucy, are swiftly taken to the court of Ivar the Boneless. Ivar is married to a half-troll named Frith, an evil and unpredictable queen with a strange power over her husband’s court. Jack mistakenly casts a charm on her—and is banished to the kingdom of the trolls to find the magic that will undo the charm. Accompanied by Thorgill, a shield maiden who wants to be a berserker, and by the mysterious crow called Bold Heart, Jack sets out on a harrowing and exciting quest for the ages. From National Book Award winner Nancy Farmer, this first book in the Sea of Trolls trilogy is epic fantasy at its best.
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Sea of Trolls is a 3-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 2004 with contributions by Nancy Farmer.
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This was like Ursula Le Guin's Tales of Earthsea mixed with Bernard Cornwell's Saxon Stories. That's high praise coming from me. Really neat little story about a boy who is apprenticed to a bard/skald and goes on adventures into the land of the trolls.
I'd been looking for The Ear, The Eye, and The Arm by Nancy Farmer on ebook for a while now when I ran across this and decided to read instead. Glad I did!
My sister suggested this book it was a fun adventure story that closely follows Norse mythology. It was great fun
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