Herja, Devastation – a new Norsemyth

Herja, Devastation is a unique tale of new Norse myth and mortality. The story of a Valkyrie acting acting to fulfill vengeance, and her mortal companion and and agent. Her earthly assassin.

A story told from the assassin’s perspective as he strives to understand himself and his place in relation to her – Herja, Devastation. Is he just an agent? In service to a higher agency? Is he her lover? How did they come to be?

He is her tool and her assassin. She is his destiny and dignity.

In the dirty business of death on demand, a purity of purpose lights the path as he seeks questions, provides answers and justice on her word.

Look Inside

you have to
know
your guy

when he wakes
what he does

when he leaves home
in the morning

when he’s going
to get back

even
when he uses the crapper

you have to know
the guy

who
is his wife
or his girl

or his guy

who does he go
to the football game
with

when does the light
get turned off
at night

it’s like
you almost have to be
him

I know I know
it sounds all
pseudo-freud

pop-gun psychology

I know
but
I ask you

how can you bump him
if you don’t
know him

POW!

you have to
know him

that’s the job

The Authors

Herja Devastation is the first collaboration between two Australian authors – Free verse poet Frank Prem (Small Town Kid, Devil In The Wind, The New Asylum – a memoir of psychiatry) and prose author Cage Dunn (Diabellein, The Old Woman and the Mad Horse, Not On The Cards).

A unique Norse myth retold in free verse and prose

In Herja, Devastation free-verse poetry combines with short prose to tell a unique tale of new Norse myth and mortality in the style of an Eddic tale modernised.

Two authors combining to tell a brand new story of love and vengeance. Nemesis on a motorbike.

This blending of literary forms creates a unique nouveau noir style for the 21st Century, and Herja, Devastation stands apart as a reimagined Norse myth in the style of noir.
Do you dare to tread the dark side?