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Firland is a children's fantasy book series by Norman Sandiford Power. The third book appears to have only been published in Denmark. [1]

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References

  1. Henrik Larsen, "Landet du ikke kan nå" ("The Country You cannot Reach"), published in Obskuriøst nr. 5/6, juni 2003. Further elaborations by the same author in "Firland - om en særdeles obskuriøs bogserie [ dead link ]" (web page, as of July 18, 2010)