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Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard · Book 1

The Sword of Summer

by Rick Riordan

Published
6 October 2015
Pages
512
ISBN-13
9798855113105
Type
novel

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About this book

The Sword of Summer (2015) opens Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: homeless teenager Magnus Chase dies fighting a fire giant on his sixteenth birthday and wakes in Valhalla, only to learn he's the son of Frey and has accidentally set loose a sword prophesied to start Ragnarok early. At 512 pages, it introduces the ensemble -- Hearthstone, Blitzen, Samirah al-Abbas, and eventually Alex Fierro -- that carries the rest of Rick Riordan's Norse trilogy.

Its place in Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard

The Sword of Summer is book 1 in the Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard series. It is followed by The Hammer of Thor. 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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