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Samael and his two brothers belong to the Immortals, a mysterious race with lethal secrets.

Jorun Modén presents her debut novel Samael at the Gothenburg International Bookfair.

Samael is included in the anthology “From Tolkien to Thydell”, used in Swedish schools.

SAMAEL
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ISBN10: 9197540870
ISBN13: 9789197540872
Language: Swedish, a translation is on its way.
Publisher: Wela förlag.
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Samael and his two brothers belong to the Immortals, a mysterious people who have lived side by side with common men since the dawn of mankind. But why does Samael have the name of a fallen angel, a name that means “the poison of God” and is a portent of death? Mythology and authentic documents such as the Dead Sea scrolls are skilfully intertwined with a story that makes you believe that anything is possible.

Fantasy mingles with realism in Jorun Modén’s debut novel. Her entrancing storytelling technique made her publisher compare her with Doris Lessing and Margaret Atwood.

Samael is one of the selected works in “From Tolkien to Thydell” (Swedish title “Svenska i dag: Från Tolkien till Thydell, ed Ekholm), an anthology which focuses on fantasy, science fiction and horror. Jorun Modén is listed between Ursula Le Guin and Lian Hearn, and other writers covered in the anthology are J.R.R. Tolkien, Neil Gaiman, Philip Reeve and Mikael Niemi.