Title: A hero so stupid, you wish he'd die
Product review: Sigurd is neither smart nor clever nor mighty nor noble. He betrays his friends and is easily duped. The main appeal of this story lies in its antagonists: a treacherous wizard, a sly warlord, cunning infant-demon Mori, comical Hross-Bjorn.Elegant descriptive prose and a fast pace fight to redeem a weak storyline ("What's in the box?") and repetitious dialogue. Deliciously macabre vignettes of opposing the undead monsters of Scandinavian folklore are strung together loosely to create a narrative where character motives are irrelevant to action scenes. Predictable plot twists wouldn't fool a child. Genocide or conquest seem the only solutions to racial unrest between Light Elves and Dark Elves. The denouement, mercifully short, tries to hint at deeper meaning, but misses.This disaster of a novel is fortunately a quick (but not painless) read. Two stars are given for the gory and entertaining monsters.
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