ISBN: 0008567751 9780008567750

Category: Fiction / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology

Page count: 320

<p> *Winner of the Aurora Award for Best Novel* </p> From SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Kate Heartfield comes a glorious, lyrical retelling of one of Norse mythology’s greatest epics <p> 'With a brilliant heroine at the helm, this richly detailed, character-driven story renders epic mythological battles on a human scale' Publishers Weekly </p> <p>Brynhild is a Valkyrie: shieldmaiden of the Allfather, chooser of the slain. But now she too has fallen, flightless in her exile.</p> <p>Gudrun is a princess of Burgundy, a daughter of the Rhine, a prize for an invading king – a king whose brother Attila has other plans, and a dragon to call upon.</p> <p>And in the songs to be sung, there is another hero: Sigurd, a warrior with a sword sharper than the new moon.</p> <p>As the legends tell, these names are destined to be lovers, fated as enemies. But here on Midgard, legends can be lies...</p> <p>For not all heroes are heroic, nor all monsters monstrous. And a shieldmaiden may yet find that love is the greatest weapon of all.</p>