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Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard · Book 4

The Ship of the Dead

by Rick Riordan

Published
3 October 2017
Pages
528
ISBN-13
9798855113044
Type
novel

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About this book

The Ship of the Dead, published in October 2017 at 528 pages, closes out the trilogy Rick Riordan built around Magnus Chase's death-defying recruitment into Valhalla, resolving the doomsday prophecy set in motion in The Sword of Summer.

Its place in Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard

The Ship of the Dead is book 4 in the Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard series. It follows For Magnus Chase: Hotel Valhalla Guide to the Norse Worlds. It is followed by 9 From the Nine Worlds. See the full Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard reading order.

Magnus Chase has been homeless on the streets of Boston for two years when he's ambushed by a fire giant on his sixteenth birthday -- and dies saving his uncle, only to wake up in Valhalla. It turns out Magnus is the son of Frey, the Norse god of summer and fertility, and his death was a battle-death that earns him a place among Odin's chosen warriors, training for Ragnarok. Unfortunately, he's also just accidentally set loose the sword that's prophesied to kill Frey and possibly start the end of the world nine…

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