Loki is free from his chains. He\u2019s readying Naglfar, the Ship of the Dead, complete with a host of giants and zombies, to sail against the Asgardian gods and begin the final battle of Ragnarok. It\u2019s up to Magnus and his friends to stop him, but to do so they will have to sail across the oceans of Midgard, Jotunheim, and Niflheim in a desperate race to reach Naglfar before it\u2019s ready to sail. Along the way, they will face angry sea gods, hostile giants, and an evil fire-breathing dragon. Magnus\u2019s biggest challenge will be facing his own inner demons. Does he have what it takes to outwit the wily trickster god?<\/p>\r\n
THE HAMMER OF THOR<\/strong><\/span> THE SWORD OF SUMMER<\/span><\/strong>
\r\n(October 2016, Hyperion, 480 pp)<\/strong>
\r\nThor\u2019s hammer is missing again. The thunder god has a disturbing habit of misplacing his weapon\u2013the mightiest force in the Nine Worlds. But this time the hammer isn\u2019t just lost, it has fallen into enemy hands. If Magnus Chase and his friends can\u2019t retrieve the hammer quickly, the mortal worlds will be defenseless against an onslaught of giants. Ragnarok will begin. The Nine Worlds will burn. Unfortunately, the only person who can broker a deal for the hammer\u2019s return is the gods\u2019 worst enemy, Loki\u2013and the price he wants is very high.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n(October 2015, Hyperion, 499 pp)<\/strong>
\r\nMagnus Chase has always been a troubled kid. Since his mother\u2019s mysterious death, he\u2019s lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, keeping one step ahead of the police and the truant officers. One day, he\u2019s tracked down by an uncle he barely knows-a man his mother claimed was dangerous. Uncle Randolph tells him an impossible secret: Magnus is the son of a Norse god. The Viking myths are true. The gods of Asgard are preparing for war. Trolls, giants and worse monsters are stirring for doomsday. To prevent Ragnarok, Magnus must search the Nine Worlds for a weapon that has been lost for thousands of years.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Loki is free from his chains. He\u2019s readying Naglfar, the Ship of the Dead, complete with a host of giants and zombies, to sail against the Asgardian gods and begin the final battle of Ragnarok. It\u2019s up to Magnus and his friends to stop him, but to do so they will have to sail across […]","protected":false},"author":[196],"featured_media":1272,"parent":578,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"content_book_template.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"rights_available":[122,123,124],"literary_agent":[139],"publication_year":[233],"class_list":["post-1271","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-grade","rights_available-dramatic","rights_available-translation","rights_available-uk","author-rick-riordan","literary_agent-nancy-gallt","publication_year-233"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/galltzacker.com\/rights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1271"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/galltzacker.com\/rights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/galltzacker.com\/rights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galltzacker.com\/rights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galltzacker.com\/rights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1271"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/galltzacker.com\/rights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3146,"href":"https:\/\/galltzacker.com\/rights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1271\/revisions\/3146"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galltzacker.com\/rights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/578"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galltzacker.com\/rights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/galltzacker.com\/rights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galltzacker.com\/rights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galltzacker.com\/rights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1271"},{"taxonomy":"rights_available","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galltzacker.com\/rights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rights_available?post=1271"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galltzacker.com\/rights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author?post=1271"},{"taxonomy":"literary_agent","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galltzacker.com\/rights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_agent?post=1271"},{"taxonomy":"publication_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galltzacker.com\/rights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_year?post=1271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}