The Gods have been fighting a never-ending war with the Giants and their strength is failing. One evening, during a terrible storm, Thor, the God of Thunder, appears to Erik, an ordinary boy. He sends Erik on a secret mission with his daughter, Trud, to travel to the Land of the Dead. Erik must bring back the Goddess of Eternal Life and her magic apples before the Gods weaken and totally lose their powers. Time is running out. Can Erik rescue the Goddess from the Giants and prevent the end of the world?
Author
Lars-Henrik Olsen
Lars-Henrik Olsen (born 30 July 1946) is a Danish author. His oeuvre spans children’s, youth and adult books. He has written books about animals and nature, Nordic mythology and several historical novels. Among his more notable books are the Erik series. His books have been translated into a total of 13 different languages. In 1976 he published several nature books including Life in the sea: a food chain and Life in the forest: a circuit. His debut fiction novel was Wolves and then followed a series of books with animals and nature as a theme. In 1986 he was awarded The Danish Bookstores Auxiliary Society of Children’s Book Prize for Erik Menneskeson. In 1988 this was followed by The dwarf from Normandy which won Denmark’s school librarian Society of Children’s Book Prize. Since then he has written a wealth of books, many of which are inspired by the Vikings, Norse mythology and medieval times.
Translator
Paul Russell Garrett
Paul Russell Garrett works from Danish and Norwegian and, on occasion, Swedish. Recent translations include Lars-Henrik Olsen’s Erik and the Gods, Lars Mytting’s The Sixteen Trees of the Somme, and Christina Hesselholdt’s Companions. In 2019, Fitzcarraldo Editions will publish his translation of Hesselholdt’s latest novel, Vivian, a fictional account of the early years of the American street photographer Vivian Maier. Paul serves on the committee of the Translators Association and heads up the [Foreign Affairs] Translates! theatre translation programme.
Published by
Aurora Metro Books, 2017
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The Gods have been fighting a never-ending war with the Giants and their strength is failing. One evening, during a terrible storm, Thor, the God of Thunder, appears to Erik, an ordinary boy. He sends Erik on a secret mission with his daughter, Trud, to travel to the Land of the Dead. Erik must bring back the Goddess of Eternal Life and her magic apples before the Gods weaken and totally lose their powers. Time is running out. Can Erik rescue the Goddess from the Giants and prevent the end of the world?