{"product_id":"siegfried-the-dragonslayer-michael-lappenbusch-9798181328334","title":"Siegfried the Dragonslayer: A Blood-Drunk Heroic Saga","description":"Forget everything you have ever heard about shining heroes, noble knights, and clean legends. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis version of the Siegfried saga does not smell of gold and incense. It smells of blood, smoke, wine, sweat, and betrayal. No flawless hero is born here, but a hungry, loud, vulnerable man who rises from the dirt of Xanten and tries to force his place in the world with fists, defiance, and burning ambition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSiegfried grows up among forge fire, hunger, and raw violence. He learns early that no one is coming to save him. So he becomes the danger himself. He fights, drinks, loves, takes what he desires, and kills what others fear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut every victory has its price. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe dragon falls.\u003cbr\u003eThe gold calls.\u003cbr\u003ePower begins to rot.\u003cbr\u003eAnd glory slowly becomes a curse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBetween Xanten, the dragon's hoard, Burgundy, Brünhild, Kriemhild, Gunther, and Hagen, a dark, brutal, modern retelling of the old heroic saga unfolds-raw, vivid, and stripped of false shine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*A Heroic Saga in a Blood Frenzy* is no fairy tale for children. It is a story of hunger, pride, violence, love, betrayal, and the deadly illusion that any man can be invulnerable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Lappenbusch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798181328334\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\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d","brand":"Michael Lappenbusch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173677146367,"sku":"9798181328334","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/siegfried-the-dragonslayer-michael-lappenbusch-9798181328334","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}