Bernd Frenz

Bernd Frenz (* 1964 in Nienburg / Weser ) is a German author and journalist.

Frenz completed a commercial apprenticeship and studied business administration. He then worked as a youth worker. He has been a freelance writer since 1998.

Frenz initially worked (also under the pseudonym Brian Frost ) on magazines such as Maddrax and Perry Rhodan . In 2005 he and Claudia Kern wrote the novel "STALKER - Shadow of Chernobyl: Death Zone", which tells the prehistory of the end-of-time computer game STALKER - Shadow of Chernobyl . Two sequels (only by Frenz) followed.

From 2009 Frenz established himself as a fantasy author. Playing with genre conventions is often at the center of his novels. In the “Blood Orcs” trilogy (2009/2010) an orc rebels against his traditional role as a mindless henchman. In “Das Blut der Nibelungen” (2011) Frenz mixes the Siegfried saga with motifs of zombie horror ; the novel ironically claims to be the "real" story behind the "embellished" Nibelungenlied .

In 2011 his novel “Bannkrieger” was published, the sequel “Bannstreiter” was nominated for the Seraph Fantasy Prize in 2012 .

In 2017 Frenz published the first volume of his “Völkerkriege” trilogy with “Der Groll der Zwerge”. In 2019 the second volume, "The Power of the Elves" was published.

As a journalist, Frenz published articles and interviews in comic magazines such as "Comic-Report", Reddition , Comixene and The Speech Bubble . He also provided comic scenarios for Zack , the US magazine "Heavy Metal" and numerous licensed publications for TV series, including Angelo! , DreamWorks Dragons , Power Rangers or Wickie and the strong men .

Frenz lives and works in Hanover .

Publications (selection)

The adventurers

• The Adventurers: Army of the Shadow Men . Zaubermond Verlag 2001
• The Adventurers: Islands of Storms . Zaubermond Verlag 2002

Maddrax

• Maddrax: The Way of the Blood . Zaubermond Verlag 2003

STALKER

• STALKER - Shadow of Chernobyl: Death Zone . (with Claudia Kern) Volume 1; Panini Verlag 2005
• STALKER - Shadow of Chernobyl: Inferno . Volume 2; Panini Verlag 2007
• STALKER Shadow of Chernobyl: Apocalypse . Volume 3; Panini Verlag 2008

Blood orcs

• Blood Orcs: The warrior . Part 1; Blanvalet Verlag 2009, ISBN 978-3-442-26608-1
• Blood Orcs: The slave . Volume 2; Blanvalet Verlag 2010, ISBN 978-3-442-26609-8
• Blood Orcs: The Liberator . Volume 3; Blanvalet Verlag 2010, ISBN 978-3-442-26610-4

The Wars of Nations

• The dwarfs resentment . Fischer-Tor 2017, ISBN 978-3-596-03617-2
• The power of the elves . Fischer-Tor 2019, ISBN 978-3-596-29834-1

Single novels

• Spell warriors . Blanvalet Verlag 2011, ISBN 978-3-442-26807-8
• The blood of the Nibelungs . Panini Verlag 2011, ISBN 978-3-8332-2255-9
• Spell warrior . Blanvalet Verlag 2012, ISBN 978-3-442-26808-5

Web links

• Official website
• Literature by and about Bernd Frenz in the catalog of the German National Library
• Bernd Frenz in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Works by and about Bernd Frenz at Open Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ About Bernd Frenz / Brian Frost
2. ↑ Perry Rhodan-Site ( Memento of the original from May 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Blog Gringo: Geier & Frenz: Alpha Mods | Gringo logbook. Retrieved on October 14, 2019 (German).