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Runestone Saga: Children of Ragnarok
Paperback
Publisher Price: $15.99
ISBN13: 9780063018693
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: Dec 19 2023
Pages: 560
Weight: 0.90
Height: 1.40 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
Sweeping adventure, breathtaking twists of fate, and immersive worlds based in Norse mythology are woven into this first volume of the Runestone Saga, from the New York Times bestselling author of the Seven Realms and Shattered Realms series. Now in paperback!
Since Ragnarok--the great war between the gods and the forces of chaos--the human realm of the Midlands has become a desperate and dangerous place, bereft of magic.
Sixteen-year-old Eiric Halvorsen is among the luckier ones--his family has remained prosperous. But he stands to lose everything when he's wrongly convicted by a rigged jury of murdering his modir and stepfadir. Also at risk is Eiric's half-systir, Liv, who's under suspicion for her interest in seidr, or magic. Then a powerful jarl steps in: He will pay the blood price if Eiric will lead a mission to the fabled Temple at the Grove--the rich stronghold of the wyrdspinners, the last practitioners of sorcery.
Spellsinger, musician, and runecaster Reginn Eiklund has spent her life performing at alehouses for the benefit of her master, Asger, a fire demon she is desperate to escape. After one performance that amazes even herself, two wyrdspinners in the audience make Reginn an irresistible offer: return with them to the Temple to be trained in seidr, forever free of Asger.
Eiric's, Liv's, and Reginn's journeys converge in New Jotunheim, a paradise fueled by magic and the site of the Temple. They soon realize that a great evil lurks beneath the dazzling surface and that old betrayals and long-held grudges may fuel another cataclysmic war. It will require every gift and weapon at their command to prevent it.
This breathtaking start to a new YA fantasy series features:
- Rich Norse Mythology: A post-Ragnarok world where the war between gods and chaos has left the human realm desperate, dangerous, and bereft of magic.
- Three Unlikely Heroes: A wrongly convicted warrior on a mission, a spellsinger desperate to escape her demon master, and a girl whose interest in forbidden magic puts her in peril.
- Gods and Demons: From the great war between the gods to a fire demon named Asger, ancient powers and long-held grudges threaten a new cataclysm.
- A Hidden World of Magic: Their journeys converge on the fabled Temple at the Grove, a magical paradise where a great evil lurks beneath a dazzling surface.
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