And Loki in His Prison

In a world where the Viking gods are real, and only the Viking gods are real, why did belief in the old Norse mythology die out? In this epic and intellectually provocative historical fantasy, award-winning SF author and leading historian, Ada Palmer, explores the real relationship between Odin, ruler of Asgard, and Loki, the sworn enemy of the gods and escaped murderer of Odin’s son.So far, so Viking.But amid the familiar cast of gods, monsters, and heroes, the search for Loki leads his pursuers — Tyr, the war god, and Ossur, the last surviving Viking from a dying settlement — across the cosmos and throughout time, from opening night at Shakespeare’s Henry V to the Roman Empire, Mulan and Joan of Arc.By drinking from Mimir’s Well of Wisdom, the two gain access to an interwoven tree of out-of-order memories which they use to track Loki, from the first trace spotted at that opening night at the Globe, through events both after and long before. What follows is a vibrant and perilous quest to piece together the truth about Loki’s whereabouts and his murder of Baldur…