Norah’s Saga 3: The Troll
Review of the Allegiance Arts & Entertainment digital download edition (November 2020)

Norah's Saga: The Troll (stylized as Nørah's Saga: The Troll) is the 3rd episode of a planned 6-part series by Canadian fantasy / sci-fi writer Blake Northcott and artist Kelsey Shannon for the new Allegiance Arts & Entertainment comics & graphic novels imprint. Episode One was crowdfunded as part of a Founder's Edition package with Bass Reeves and The Futurists, but the ongoing series is available in installments through Walmart stores (U.S. only I believe) and in digital downloads through the publisher’s online store. Issues with the pandemic have delayed the installments, but the series is now expected to conclude by May 2022.

See illustration at https://scontent.fymy1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/270623140_4623853780996793_...
Cover design for the expected full graphic novel of Norah's Saga. Image sourced from Facebook.

This 3rd episode sees our time travelling heroine, Norah Karlsson, setting out to capture the Song of the Fossegrim on her (still working, but with gradually decreasing battery power) smartphone in order to assist her travel back to her own present day time. With her allies Astrid and Nandor, she evades the warrior Vöslogs, a pit of quicksand and a monstrous troll but ends up stranded on a beach. The scene shifts to the present day, where the 'men in black' from Episode 1 have discovered Norah's purse in an unearthed ancient Viking hoard. The saga continues...

I was a bit disappointed that 7 pages of Episode 3 was taken up by a promo for a standard 'Soldiers & Sorcery' comic "The Saints" by the same publisher.

Trivia and Link
Canadian writer Northcott has had an increasingly successful profile in crowdfunded graphic novels and novels in recent years. Aside from her own recent independent projects such as The North Valley Grimoire (2018) and Everglade Angels (2019), she was also the writer for a run of Catwoman for DC Comics. Follow her work and see her list of publications here. ( )