Blood and Judgment

TIMES OUT OF JOINT

All Will Sverdrup wanted was to play Hamlet in an amateur production. He never counted on getting sucked back in time, into the body of the original, historical Hamlet in 6 Century Denmark.

His fellow actors (along with the real Hamlet) never expected to be transported to an alternate universe where Shakespeare's play was realwith them perfectly placed to live (and die) their parts.

But that's what happened. Now they have to decidedo they play their roles out, all the way to the bloodbath at the end, or do they try to break the play and save their lives?

The play may be stronger than they are. And if it's not, there's always the giant, tentacled monster that hitched a ride with them, a complication Shakespeare never foresaw....

Praise for Year of the Warrior by Lars Walker:

". . . many fierce battles, both with men and with sendings from the other gods ... a Norse saga . . . introspective and bloody." VOYA

". . . rowdy action and a realistic look at the human and spiritual costs of religious and cultural conversion."
Florida Today

Cover art by Gary Ruddell

Paperback

This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

First printing, December 2003

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ISBN: 0-7434-7173-3

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For Mark and Patty

BAEN BOOKS by Lars Walker

Erling's Word
Wolf Time
The Year of the Warrior
Blood and Judgment