Storytellers

By: Bjørn Larssen

Narrated by: Graham Halstead

Would you murder your brothers to keep them from telling the truth about themselves?

On a long, cold Icelandic night in March 1920, Gunnar, a hermit blacksmith, finds himself with an unwanted lodger - Sigurd, an injured stranger who offers a story from the past. But some stories, even those of an old man who can barely walk, are too dangerous to hear. They alter the listeners' lives forever...by ending them.

Others are keen on changing Gunnar's life as well. Depending on who gets to tell his story, it might lead toward an unwanted marriage, an intervention, rejoining the Church, letting the elf drive him insane, or succumbing to the demons in his mind. Will he manage to write his own last chapter?

©2019 Bjørn Larssen (P)2021 Tantor

Nice story!

I really liked the story. I would like to read more books from this author. The narrator did a great job too.

Odd and boring

This is odd, but not in a good way. I'm not sure if it's the translation or the story itself, but the writing was awkward and stilted. It became very silly with trolls, elves, rune stones, and witches. I'm not sure this belongs in the suspense category. Ultimately, I found it very boring and I wasn't invested in the characters or outcome. The narrator was OK, but there was not enough differentiation amongst the characters. The names were unfamiliar to American ears, so that didn't help.