Bifrost Guardians Series by Mickey Zucker Reichert

Mickey Zucker Reichert makes her smash debut with this exciting novel of an all-too-mortal human caught in the middle of a war between the gods. Al Larson, an American soldier in Vietnam, must adapt to a world where magic and sword blades, not machine guns and missiles, are the chosen weapons of war.

In the second sword-swinging novel in The Bifrost Guardians series, thief-hero Taziar Shadow Climber and his comrade, the barbarian lord Moonbear, take on all challengers--from the cunning villain who destroyed Taziar's father to the Jaderank sorcerer who thirsts for Moonbear's blood.

GODSLAYER was the name Al Larson earned when, torn away from the midst of the firefight in Vietnam and catapulted to a time and place where the Norse gods fought a deadly war of their own, he was instrumental in the death of Loki, a key lord of Chaos.But now Larson, the master swordsman Gaelinar. and the elusive thief known as the Shadow Climber were about to embark on an even more desperate quest. For the balance between Chaos and Law had been all but lost... moreGODSLAYER was the name Al Larson earned when, torn away from the midst of the firefight in Vietnam and catapulted to a time and place where the Norse gods fought a deadly war of their own, he was instrumental in the death of Loki, a key lord of Chaos.But now Larson, the master swordsman Gaelinar. and the elusive thief known as the Shadow Climber were about to embark on an even more desperate quest. For the balance between Chaos and Law had been all but lost. Fenris Wolf stalked the lands of men, thirsting to drink the lifeblood of Larson and Gaelinar, while Hel herself sought vengeance for Loki's destruction. Pursued by these foes out of nightmare, could Larson and the others survive long enough to recover the one hope of the forces of Law--the legendary rod of Geirmagnus, the first Dragonrank mage--a mission that would take them from the citadel of Dragonrank powers to war-torn Vietnam to Hel's dark realm and beyond? less

Here, for the first time in one volume, are the first three novels in Mickey Zucker Reichert's most startlingly original series: an epic saga of a Vietnam soldier sent through time and space to a battlefield where the weapons are not bullets and grenades but swords and spells--and where elves, thieves, and martial arts masters can find themselves unwillingly enlisted in a war between the gods....

/Mickey Zucker Reichert When Shadow received a message that his old friend Shylar needed help, the master thief and his three friends--Allerum, the elven swordsman who had once been a 20th-century American solder, and the two Dragonmages, Silme and Astryd--imediately set out for Cullinsberg. But Cullinsberg was a trap--a trap laid by the greatest

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The Bifrost Guardians is the bold and original five-book series that launched the career of Mickey Zucker Reichert. This epic saga of an American soldier sent from Vietnam through time and space to a battlefield where the weapons are not bullets and grenades, but swords and spells, is now reintroduced to readers through Daw's new omnibus collections... moreThe Bifrost Guardians is the bold and original five-book series that launched the career of Mickey Zucker Reichert. This epic saga of an American soldier sent from Vietnam through time and space to a battlefield where the weapons are not bullets and grenades, but swords and spells, is now reintroduced to readers through Daw's new omnibus collections.In this second volume, which includes books four and five in the series, the forces of Chaos are unleashed-in a strangely altered, modern-day America.Praise for The Bifrost Guardian series:"Refreshingly daring...funny, touching, sad, impelling, and ultimately satisfying...I hope it marks a new trend in fantasy."-Thrust"Ms. Reichert has a master's touch for provoking curiosity and for drawing dynamic characters...keep the reader turning the pages."-Rave Reviews"Inventive, fertile imagination...appealing characters."-American Fantasy less