Beowulf

A king’s body is laid beside glittering treasure in a ship, and the sea carries him away—though no one can say where he went. That is how Beowulf begins: with a mystery at the heart of a royal lineage.

In the old Danish world of feasting halls and warrior oaths, Hrothgar builds Heorot, a hall meant to ring with harp music and laughter. But Grendel, a fearsome creature from the moors, cannot bear the Danes’ joy: night after night he invades, leaving Hrothgar’s warriors dead and the great hall haunted by dread. Across the sea, Beowulf hears of the king’s misery and sets out with a band of Geats to face the monster. What strength can meet a terror that strikes in the dark?

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