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The Broken Sword by Poul Anderson, Michael Dirda is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Broken Sword about?
The son of a Norse warlord, kidnapped at birth and raised by elves, and the bitter changeling who replaced him clash in a monumental war of trolls, elves, and man in this acclaimed classic of fantasy fiction Published the same year as The Fellowship of the Ring, Poul Anderson{u2019}s novel The Broken Sword draws on similar Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon sources. In his greed for land and power, Orm the Strong slays the family of a Saxon witch{u2014}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{u2019}s son grows up angry and embittered by the humanity he has been denied. A pawn in a witch{u2019}s vengeance, the creature Valgard will never know love, and consumed by rage, he will commit a murderous act of unspeakable vileness. It is their destiny to finally meet on the field of battle{u2014}the man-elf and his dark twin, the monster{u2014}when the long-simmering war between elves and trolls finally erupts with a devastating fury. And only the
Who reads The Broken Sword?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Poul Anderson, Michael Dirda
- Publisher
- Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781504054959
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, Children'S
- Rating
- 3.86 / 5 (149 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14