ASIN: B00AHFPWTC
Publisher: Martin Myers
Pages: 316
A tale of today told from the preposterous perspective of a 1300-year-old Viking, turned writer. When Thorsten the Rood decides to write a novel explaining to the world his extraordinary longevity, his chief concern is to remain anonymous. In the past, his agelessness has provoked threats to his life by superstition, by science, and by the jealousy of others. He has no wish revisit any of that. Secrecy has, of necessity, become his essence.But when Professor Dallou, the antagonist in the novel that Thorsten is writing, inexplicably begins to take on a life of his own and to make decisions and do deeds that Thorsten has not penned, Thorsten becomes aware that he, Thorsten the Rood, longest living and most prolific writer in the world, is becoming simply a character in the novel he thought he was writing. Once again, he fears for his life.And who, exactly, was writing this book now? Even ...
