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y separately published work icon The Wyrd series - author   novel  
Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 The Wyrd
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Notes

  • Book 3, then called Wyrdtouched, was scheduled for publication in 2016, but not released.

Includes

y separately published work icon Wyrdverse : Tales of the Wyrd Alis Franklin , Australia : Alis Franklin , 2018 21462512 2018 selected work short story

'How Loki got his stitches.

'How Sigyn got her revenge.

'How Lain got his name.

'And how Sigmund got a lesson in old gods taking on new lives.

'Wyrdverse is an anthology of untold stories from Alis Franklin's world of Liesmith and Stormbringer.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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y separately published work icon Liesmith Alis Franklin , Australia : Random House Australia , 2014 8430990 2014 single work novel fantasy

'Working in low-level IT support for a company that’s the toast of the tech world, Sigmund Sussman finds himself content, if not particularly inspired. As compensation for telling people to restart their computer a few times a day, Sigmund earns enough disposable income to gorge on comics and has plenty of free time to devote to his gaming group.

'Then in walks the new guy with the unpronounceable last name who immediately becomes IT’s most popular team member. Lain Laufeyjarson is charming and good-looking, with a story for any occasion; shy, awkward Sigmund is none of those things, which is why he finds it odd when Lain flirts with him. But Lain seems cool, even if he’s a little different—though Sigmund never suspects just how different he could be. After all, who would expect a Norse god to be doing server reboots?

'As Sigmund gets to know his mysterious new boyfriend, fate—in the form of an ancient force known as the Wyrd—begins to reveal the threads that weave their lives together. Sigmund doesn’t have the first clue where this adventure will take him, but as Lain says, only fools mess with the Wyrd. Why? Because the Wyrd messes back.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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y separately published work icon Stormbringer Alis Franklin , Australia : Random House Australia , 2015 8431091 2015 single work novel fantasy

'Ragnarok—aka the end of the world—was supposed to doom the gods as well. Instead, it was a cosmic rebooting. Now low-level IT tech and comic-book geek Sigmund Sussman finds himself an avatar of a Norse goddess. His boyfriend, the wealthy entrepreneur Lain Laufeyjarson, is channeling none other than Loki, the trickster god. His best friends, Em and Wayne, harbor the spirits of slain Valkyries. Cool, right?

'The problem is, the gods who survived the apocalypse are still around—and they don’t exactly make a great welcoming committee. The children of Thor are hellbent on reclaiming their scattered birthright: the gloves, belt, and hammer of the Thunder God. Meanwhile, the dwarves are scheming, the giants are pissed, and the goddess of the dead is demanding sanctuary for herself and her entire realm.

'Caught in the coils of the Wyrd, the ancient force that governs gods and mortals alike, Sigmund and his crew are suddenly facing a second Ragnarok that threatens to finish what the first one started. And all that stands in the way are four nerds bound by courage, love, divine powers, and an encyclopedic knowledge of gaming lore.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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