Warrior Beast (Bloodsong Saga, v.3) (Bloodsong Saga Ser. 3) in Sword & Sorcery: "An earthier sort of fantasy"

Jan 18, 2014 S.E. Lindberg rated it really liked it

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An entertaining gateway to Hell, and toward darker fiction

This review covers the trilogy, printed in 1986 but released in an eBook omnibus in 2013 called Bloodsong! — Hel X 3 by C. Dean Andersson

History and Style: The three books combined in Bloodsong! — Hel X 3 were written within ~1.5 yrs (1985-86). C. Dean Andersson (aka Asa Drake) was motivated to make a fun horror series on quick timing. The result was easily digestible horror / fantasy, all rooted in Viking lore. The trilogy includes: 1) ...more

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Aug 06, 2011 S.E. Lindberg rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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An entertaining gateway to Hell, and toward darker fiction

This review covers the trilogy, printed in 1986 but released in an eBook omnibus in 2013 called Bloodsong! — Hel X 3 by C. Dean Andersson

History and Style: The three books combined in Bloodsong! — Hel X 3 were written within ~1.5 yrs (1985-86). C. Dean Andersson (aka Asa Drake) was motivated to make a fun horror series on quick timing. The result was easily digestible horror / fantasy, all rooted in Viking lore. The trilogy includes: 1) ...more

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May 31, 2024 Quentin Wallace rated it really liked it

This ended up being a really good trilogy. It's more Sword and Sorcery than Fantasy, but that's more my genre anyway. The cast of characters were memorable and the villains were evil. I will say the author is very hard on his characters, as there's many torture scenes (rape scenes as well, although not graphic scenes) and the heroes really suffer at times.

Overall this is an above average S&S series, and I think it's underrated and should be more well known. If you like S&S, especially Norse myth ...more

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