Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard

by Rick Riordan

Magnus Chase dies on his sixteenth birthday and wakes up in Valhalla. From there he is drawn into Norse mythology, a world of einherjar warriors, Valkyries, frost giants, and a countdown to Ragnarok that may already be unstoppable. Set in Boston and the Nine Worlds of Norse cosmology, this trilogy brings a new voice and a new mythological system into the Riordanverse. Magnus is the cousin of Annabeth Chase, which connects the series to the Greek world, but the Norse mythology operates on its own terms and the series stands alone.

Part of Riordanverse

A modern fantasy world built on the premise that the gods of every major mythology are real, immortal, and still active in human affairs. The Greek and Roman gods relocated to America when it became the seat of Western civilisation. The Egyptian gods never left the world at all. The Norse gods operate from a network of worlds connected to Scandinavia and beyond. In each case, the children of gods walk among ordinary humans, inheriting powers and problems in equal measure. Beginning with Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Rick Riordan's interconnected series spans five separate story lines covering Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and Norse mythology, with characters crossing between them as the scope expands. What holds it together is less the shared cosmology than the shared sensibility: mythology treated as living history rather than dusty legend, heroes who are funny and frightened and loyal, and a consistent argument that the monsters worth fighting are usually the ones who claim to be on your side.

Publication Order

1
The Sword of Summer
2015
2
The Hammer of Thor
2016
3
The Ship of the Dead
2017