Neither Rose nor Charles liked to talk much of their adventures with the trolls, but some of the so-called “softskins” whom they had brought out of Niflheim, as well as the crew of the ship...

It was not a monster that lay sleeping on the white sheets. Nor a faceless horror. Nor even the white bear. It was a man.His hair was golden, glowing bright as a bonfire in the...

She would search for him. In the land that lay east of the sun and west of the moon. But there was no way there.

Where is it?” I asked, willing him to tell me.He laughed suddenly, and I could hear the full-throated, grating sound of the white bear’s laughter in it.”East of the sun and west of the moon,”...