Inherited through the line of the berserker Angantýr and his war-loving
daughter Hervor, the ever-lethal, shining sword Tyrfing and its changes
of hands frame the uncanny story of The Saga of Hervor and Heiđrek. A
second heroic saga, Hrólf Kraki and His Champions, recounts the daring
deeds of the members and entourage of the ancient Danish house of
Skjoldung. Passed down orally in pre-Christian Norse times, transmitted
in writing in medieval Iceland, and here wielded by the hand of Jackson
Crawford, the tales told in this volume retain their sharp edges and
flashes of glory that never fail to slay.