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A riveting and epic family drama set in WWII-era Norway, award-winning author Lars Mytting's The Night of the Scourge is the final novel in the internationally bestselling Sister Bells trilogy

Butangen, Norway, the years before WWII: Astrid Hekne has inherited the fighting spirit and hypersensitivity of her grandmother, who was…

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1 author picked The Night of the Scourge as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Immersed me in the life of Norway's past - it history, mythology and culture.

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