{"product_id":"beowulf-michael-lappenbusch-9798181429192","title":"Beowulf: Shadow of the Dragon","description":"Heorot is no longer a hall of glory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnce, it was a place of songs, mead, and great names. Now it smells of smoke, fear, and old blood. Night after night, something waits in the marsh. Something that has no respect for kings. Something that tears warriors from the hall as if they were nothing more than meat beside the fire. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe men drink, boast, and tell themselves pretty lies about courage. But every one of them knows the truth: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ewhen darkness comes, the boasting stops. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen word of Heorot's terror reaches a man who carries more scars than hope: Beowulf. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNot the shining hero of old songs. Not a flawless savior wrapped in divine light. But a tired, hard-bitten fighter with a flask, a sharp mouth, and enough rage left in him to stand against a monster. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the thing in the marsh is only the beginning. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBehind the smoke, blood, and fire wait dragons. Old secrets. Forgotten guilt. And a darkness deeper than any legend. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeowulf: In the Shadow of Dragons\u003c\/b\u003e retells the ancient saga with a brutal, modern voice: grim, raw, bloody, and stripped of easy heroism. This dark fantasy novel blends Norse mythology, Viking fantasy, the legend of Grendel, dragon-haunted myth, and epic fantasy battle into a story about fear, glory, monsters, and men who learn too late that heroism is rarely clean.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Lappenbusch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798181429192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.08d","brand":"Michael Lappenbusch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173683241215,"sku":"9798181429192","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beowulf-michael-lappenbusch-9798181429192","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}