Beowulf Dragonslayer Author:Rosemary Sutcliff, Charles Keeping (Illustrator) Grendel prowled in, hating all men and all joy and hungry for human life. So swift was his attack that no man heard an outcry; but when the dawn came, thirty of Hothgar's best and noblest thanes were missing. — Only Beowulf, foremost among warriors, has the strength and courage to battle with Grendel the Night-stalker. — In this thril... more »ling re-telling of the Anglo-Saxon legend, Rosemary Sutcliff recounts Beowulf's most terrifying quests: against Grendel the man-wolf, against the hideous sea-hag and, most courageous of all - his fight to the death with the monstrous fire-drake.« less