Skaldenland HB

Skaldenland Chad and Brun Jordan are on holiday in a sleepy seaside town when they find the Symphonion, an ancient music box which seems to be able to play even without any song disks. The Song of the Symphonion can turn summer into winter, wake giants from the earth, call ancient gods and monsters to life. Now Chad and Brun find themselves living out a terrifying pact made between Freya, leader of the Valkyries and Hel, Goddess of the Underworld. A pact made for the soul of Baldur, warrior-god, condemned to hell by the woman he loved. But as icebergs fill the bay and an army of the dead invade the land of the living, is it Baldur or Chad who will die? The Symphonion must be silenced before the world is destroyed - but how? Jim Mortimore Is an award-winning designer and composer who turned to writing as a desperate ploy to evade real work. Previous novels include Doctor Who, Cracker and Babylon 5. His short story The Sun in the Bone House was a Science Fiction Writers of America recommendation for the 2010 Nebula Award. Skaldenland is his first original novel. jimmortimore.co.uk Other Work: "The Sun in the Bone House... ... by Jim Mortimore is worth the price of entry alone. An incredibly ambitious piece, it tells the story of a young girl who becomes a seer of sorts and lives through millennia in the Bristol area, effecting change at pivotal moments in its history. It beautifully links past, present and future into an intrinsically interrelated loop and is at times almost poetic in its emotional impact.” Francis Ludloweditor, Albedo One Magazinefrom the Amazon review of “Future Bristol” pub. 2009 by Swimming Kangaroo, editor Colin Harvey