Review: Skallagrim – In The Vales Of Pagarna
Skallagrim – In The Vales Of Pagarna by Stephen R. Babb My rating: 4 of 5 stars Review now live at Grimdark Magazine Two years ago I was given the chance to hear a new album by the band Glass Hammer entitled Dreaming City . I was intrigued and within moments was able to become totally absorbed in the music. I reviewed this album for Grimdark Magazine, and in that review , I stated a hope that there would someday be an actual book detailing the adventures of Skallagrim. Imagine my pleasant surprise at being presented with a copy of this paperback in my mailbox courtesy of the author, Stephen R. Babb. Skallagrim – In the Vales of Pagarna begins much as the first song on the album (The Dreaming City) with Skallagrim himself coming to, after a blow to the head and with some severe memory loss, forced to do battle with a gang of ruffians as an evil wizard steals off with the woman of his…dreams. “Two things happened nearly at once, both of them bad. Fir...