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*The Embroidered Book shortlisted for 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 epicsBrynhild 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 liesFor not all heroes are heroic, nor all monsters monstrous. And a shieldmaiden may yet find that love is the greatest weapon of all.

The Valkyrie

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      Publisher Harper Collins
      Published 10 October 2024
      ISBN-13 9780008567774
      978-0008567774
      ISBN-10 0008567778

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      Book Synopsis
      *The Embroidered Book shortlisted for 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 epicsBrynhild 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 liesFor 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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