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The Valkyrie - by Kate Heartfield (Paperback)

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  • *Winner of the Aurora Award for Best Novel*From SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Kate Heartfield comes a glorious, lyrical retelling of one of Norse mythology's greatest epics'With a brilliant heroine at the helm, this richly detailed, character-driven story renders epic mythological battles on a human scale' Publishers WeeklyBrynhild is a Valkyrie: shieldmaiden of the Allfather, chooser of the slain.
  • About the Author: Kate Heartfield is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling The Embroidered Book, the Aurora-winning novel Armed in Her Fashion, and the Nebula-shortlisted novella Alice Payne Arrives, along with dozens of other stories.
  • 320 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology

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About the Book



*Winner of the Aurora Award for Best Novel*

From SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Kate Heartfield comes a glorious, lyrical retelling of one of Norse mythology's greatest epics



Book Synopsis



*Winner of the Aurora Award for Best Novel*

From SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Kate Heartfield comes a glorious, lyrical retelling of one of Norse mythology's greatest epics

'With a brilliant heroine at the helm, this richly detailed, character-driven story renders epic mythological battles on a human scale' Publishers Weekly

Brynhild is a Valkyrie: shieldmaiden of the Allfather, chooser of the slain. But now she too has fallen, flightless in her exile.

Gudrun is a princess of Burgundy, a daughter of the Rhine, a prize for an invading king - a king whose brother Attila has other plans, and a dragon to call upon.

And in the songs to be sung, there is another hero: Sigurd, a warrior with a sword sharper than the new moon.

As the legends tell, these names are destined to be lovers, fated as enemies. But here on Midgard, legends can be lies...

For not all heroes are heroic, nor all monsters monstrous. And a shieldmaiden may yet find that love is the greatest weapon of all.



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Praise for The Valkyrie

'Reading THE VALKYRIE, I felt as if I were meeting old friends again for the first time. Kate Heartfield as taken a story I've read in many incarnations and still surprised and delighted me. Practically every sentence is a brilliant kenning, glittering brightly enough to match Fafnir's hoard. This fierce and imaginative retelling, full of history and magic, does for the Ring Cycle what Atwood's PENELOPIAD did for THE ODYSSEY'
Chadwick Ginther, the Aurora-winning author of THE THUNDER ROAD trilogy

'THE VALKYRIE is a richly-told and deeply-felt tale about finding ones place in the world. A sharp, radiant book to fit the women whose stories it recounts. Kate Heartfield is one of those rare writers who always make me feel as if what they're writing, no matter how fantastical, is true. Whatever she told me in a story, I would believe it. Gods, dragons and all.'
Natalia Theodoridou, winner of the World Fantasy Award

'THE VALKYRIE sings, like the epic it is, without ever letting go of its groundedness, its bloodiedness. A secret history of the sagas, a story from behind the stories of old‒a war story, a love story that, once you see it emerge gleaming and gory from those bardic silences, seems like it was always there.'
Vajra Chandrasekera, author of THE SAINT OF THE BRIGHT DOORS

Praise for Kate Heartfield

'Where fantasy and history meet...An entertaining and dark read'
STYLIST

'An absorbing novel...a fine balance between history and fantasy'
GUARDIAN

'Spellbinding'
JJA Harwood

'Beautifully written'
Elizabeth Chadwick




About the Author



Kate Heartfield is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling The Embroidered Book, the Aurora-winning novel Armed in Her Fashion, and the Nebula-shortlisted novella Alice Payne Arrives, along with dozens of other stories. Her interactive fiction projects The Road to Canterbury and The Magician's Workshop were shortlisted for the Nebula in game writing. She lives in Canada.

Visit her at www.heartfieldfiction.com or on Twitter @kateheartfield.

Dimensions (Overall): 7.82 Inches (H) x 5.12 Inches (W) x .79 Inches (D)
Weight: .5 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Number of Pages: 320
Publisher: Voyager
Format: Paperback
Author: Kate Heartfield
Language: English
Street Date: October 22, 2024
TCIN: 91751565
UPC: 9780008567774
Item Number (DPCI): 247-23-4081
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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