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Series: The World of the Alfar
Volume: 2
Genre: Fantasy
ISBN: 0552127590
Publisher: Corgi
Reader Rating: 9 out of 10
Votes: 6
The Elves and the Otterskin by Elizabeth H. BoyerDescription: THE ELVES NEEDED A MAGIC SWORD. TO FIND THE SWORD THEY NEEDED A HERO. INSTEAD, THEY GOT-IVARR
IVARR HAD BEEN SOLD TO THE WITCH BIRNA, BUT NOW BIRNA WAS DEAD, SLAIN BY THE EVIL SORCERER LORIMER. IVARR WAS STRANDED IN THE LAND OF THE ELVES. HIS ONLY CHANCE TO RETURN TO HIS OWN REALM WAS TO BECOME A HERO FOR A GROUP OF OUT CAST INCOMPETENT ELVES AND A WIZARD OF DOUBTFUL QUALIFICATIONS.
AS HE DISCOVERED, BEING A HERO WAS A LITTLE DIFFICULT. FIRST HE HAD TO SEEK OUT A MAGIC SWORD CONCEALED SOMEWHERE IN THE LAND OF THE FIRE GIANTS. THEN, TO SEIZE A HORDE OF GOLD, HE MUST SOMEHOW FIND AND DESTROY A TERRIBLE DRAGON. AND, FINALLY , HE WOULD HAVE TO OVERCOME THE POWER OF LORIMER AND AN ARMY OF DARK ELVES.
IVARR KNEW NOTHING ABOUT BEING A HERO, AND THE MORE HE HEARD, THE LESS HE LIKED THE IDEA, BUT A HERO HE'D BE - OR ELSE!
Also in this series are The Sword and the Satchel, The Thrall and the Dragon's Heart, The Wizard and The Warlord, The Troll's Grindstone, The Curse of Slagfid
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