The Great Adversary
Brunanburh moor, England, 937 A.D. . A young soldier lies wounded on the battlefield. A stranger comes by and places a sword under his chin. Henceforward the man will lead him on a journey that will assume the proportions of an epic feat. The Great Adversary is a compelling blend of Viking epos with realistic detail and rich philosophical and symbolic implications. Hermes Varini controls the narrative with a system of structural symmetry and contrast and through a set of intriguing figures. By offsetting the stormy character of the plot in this way, he creates an exceedingly potent atmosphere which leads to one of the most impressive (if not the most impressive) denouements ever told.
This book is an unrevealed Norse legend, a secret hidden for more than a thousand years and a revelation of an everlasting might.
Hermes varini is a graduate in Philosophy and a scholar of medieval philosophy and history. He is the author of FIRE WITHIN THE UNIVERSE (2002).
2007, 168 S., 10.90 EUR, br., ISBN 3-89781-112-6
