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Snow-Walker by Catherine Fisher Eos, August, 2004. Hardcover, 512 pages. ISBN: 0060724749 Ages 12 and up Ordering information: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk 
"Young and alone on a long road, Once I lost my way:
Rich I felt when I found another…" These words from
the Havamal of Odin are the heading for Chapter One
of British author Catherine Fisher's moody, fascinating new
Nordic fantasy. Long ago Gudrun, a beautiful pale
sorceress, came out of the North and bewitched the Jarl
and his people, and so became de facto ruler of the Jarlshold.
Gudrun, a Snow-walker and witch of great power, banishes
young Jessa and Thorkil to the northern castle, Thrasirshall
because their fathers were loyal to the Jarl. When they arrive
at the ruined castle, they find Kari, Gudrun's own son whom
she has also banished out of fear of his potential power. Kari
was treated like an animal, locked in a dungeon for most of his
young life, until the day Brochael took him away to live at
Thrasishall. Jessa, a bard named Skapti, Kari and Kari's loyal and fearsome
caretaker Brochael band together to defeat Gudrun and restore
the Jarlshold to the rightful Jarl.
Originally published in England in three volumes, Snow-walker follows the adventures of the three young Norse teens, Jessa, Thorkil and Kari, as they fight Gudrun and, later, go on a perilous quest to the far north where Kari will finally come into his powers as a Snow-walker. Lyrical, magical and filled with the dark spirits of Norse mythology and darker winters, Snow-walker is an imaginative and memorable tale of friendship, loyalty, adventure and magic. Reprinted with permission from The Internet Writing Journal®. Copyright © 1997-2011 by Writers Write, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
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