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Magnus Chase and the Sword of Summer

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by Rick Riordan


  FREYA – the goddess of love; twin sister of Frey; ruler of Folkvanger

  FRIGG – goddess of marriage and motherhood; Odin’s wife and the queen of Asgard; mother of Balder and Hod

  GINNUNGAGAP – the primordial void; a mist that obscures appearances

  GLEIPNIR – a golden rope made by dwarves to keep Fenris Wolf in bondage

  HEIDRUN – the goat in the Tree of Laeradr whose milk is brewed for the magical mead of Valhalla

  HEIMDALL – god of vigilance and the guardian of Bifrost, the gateway to Asgard

  HEL – goddess of the dishonourable dead; born of Loki’s affair with a giantess

  HELHEIM – the underworld, ruled by Hel and inhabited by those who died in wickness, old age or illness

  HLIDSKJALF – the High Seat of Odin

  HOD – Balder’s blind brother

  HONIR – an Aesir god who, along with Mimir, traded places with Vanir gods Frey and Njord at the end of the war between the Aesir and the Vanir

  IDUN – she distributes the apples of immortality that keep the gods young and spry

  JORMUNGAND – the World Serpent, born of Loki’s affair with a giantess; his body is so long it wraps around the earth

  JOTUN – Norse word for giant

  LOKI – god of mischief, magic and artifice; the son of two giants; adept at magic and shape-shifting. He is alternately malicious and heroic to the Asgardian gods and to humankind. Because of his role in the death of Balder, Loki was chained by Odin to three giant boulders with a poisonous serpent coiled over his head. The venom of the snake occasionally irritates Loki’s face, and his writhing is the cause of earthquakes.

  LYNGVI – the Isle of Heather, where Fenris Wolf is bound; the island’s location shifts every year as the branches of Yggdrasil sway in the winds of the void. It only surfaces during the first full moon of each year.

  MAGNI AND MODI – Thor’s favourite sons, fated to survive Ragnarok

  MIMIR – an Aesir god who, along with Honir, traded places with Vanir gods Frey and Njord at the end of the war between the Aesir and the Vanir. When the Vanir didn’t like his counsel, they cut off his head and sent it to Odin. Odin placed the head in a magical well, where the water brought it back to life, and Mimir soaked up all the knowledge of the World Tree.

  MJOLNIR – Thor’s hammer

  MUSPELL – fire

  NAGLFAR – the Ship of Nails

  NARVI – one of Loki’s sons, disembowelled by his brother Vali, who was turned into a wolf after Loki killed Balder

  NIDHOGG – the dragon that lives at the bottom of the World Tree and chews on its roots

  NJORD – god of ships, sailors and fishermen; father of Frey and Freya

  NORNS – three sisters who control the destinies of both gods and humans

  NORUMBEGA – a lost Norse settlement in their furthest point of exploration

  ODIN – the ‘All-Father’ and king of the gods; the god of war and death, but also poetry and wisdom. By trading one eye for a drink from the Well of Wisdom, Odin gained unparallelled knowledge. He has the ability to observe all the Nine Worlds from his throne in Asgard; in addition to his great hall, he also resides in Valhalla with the bravest of those slain in battle.

  RAGNAROK – the Day of Doom or Judgement, when the bravest of the einherjar will join Odin against Loki and the giants in the battle at the end of the world

  RAN – goddess of the sea; wife of Aegir

  RATATOSK – an invulnerable squirrel that constantly runs up and down the World Tree carrying insults between the eagle that lives at the top and Nidhogg, the dragon that lives at the roots

  RED GOLD – the currency of Asgard and Valhalla

  SAEHRIMNIR – the magical beast of Valhalla; every day it is killed and cooked for dinner and every morning it is resurrected; it tastes like whatever the diner wants

  SESSRUMNIR – the Hall of Many Seats; Freya’s mansion in Folkvanger

  SKIRNIR – a god; Frey’s servant and messenger

  SLEIPNIR – Odin’s eight-legged steed; one of Loki’s children. Only Odin can summon him

  SUMARBRANDER – the Sword of Summer

  SURT – lord of Muspellheim

  SVARTALF – a dark elf; a subset of dwarves

  THANE – a lord of Valhalla

  THOR – god of thunder; son of Odin. Thunderstorms are the earthly effects of Thor’s mighty chariot rides across the sky, and lightning is caused by him hurling his great hammer, Mjolnir.

  TREE OF LAERADR – a tree in the centre of the Feast Hall of the Slain in Valhalla containing immortal animals that have particular jobs

  TYR – god of courage, law, and trial by combat; he lost a hand to Fenris’s bite when the Wolf was restrained by the gods

  ULLER – the god of snowshoes and archery

  UTGARD-LOKI – the most powerful sorcerer of Jotunheim; king of the mountain giants

  VALA – a seer

  VALHALLA – paradise for warriors in the service of Odin

  VALI – Loki’s son, who was turned into a wolf after Loki killed Balder; as a wolf he disembowelled his brother Narvi before he was gutted himself

  VALKYRIE – Odin’s handmaidens, who choose slain heroes to bring to Valhalla

  VANIR – gods of nature; close to elves

  YGGDRASIL – the World Tree

  YMIR – the largest of the giants; father to both the giants and the gods. He was killed by Odin and his brothers, who used his flesh to create Midgard. This act was the genesis of the cosmic hatred between the gods and the giants.

  THE NINE WORLDS

  ASGARD – the home of the Aesir

  VANAHEIM – the home of the Vanir

  ALFHEIM – the home of the light elves

  MIDGARD – the home of humans

  JOTUNHEIM – the home of the giants

  NIDAVELLIR – the home of the dwarves

  NIFLHEIM – the world of ice, fog and mist

  MUSPELLHEIM – the home of the fire giants and demons

  HELHEIM – the home of Hel and the dishonourable dead

  RUNES (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE)

  DAGAZ – new beginnings, transformations

  THURISAZ – the rune of Thor

  FEHU – the rune of Frey

  RAIDHO – the wheel, the journey

  PERTHRO – the empty cup

  EHWAZ – horse, transportation

  ALGIZ – shielding

  TIWAZ – the rune of Tyr

  COMING AUTUMN 2016

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  THE ADVENTURE NEVER STOPS …

  THE GREEK GODS ARE ALIVE AND KICKING!

  They still fall in love with mortals and bear children with immortal blood in their veins. Those kids who learn the truth about their parentage must travel to Camp Half-Blood – a secret base dedicated to the training of demigods. From there, young heroes like Percy Jackson, the son of Poseidon, embark on dangerous quests to prove their bravery.

  The Percy Jackson series:

  PERCY JACKSON AND THE LIGHTNING THIEF

  PERCY JACKSON AND THE SEA OF MONSTERS

  PERCY JACKSON AND THE TITAN’S CURSE

  PERCY JACKSON AND THE BATTLE OF THE LABYRINTH

  PERCY JACKSON AND THE LAST OLYMPIAN

  THE DEMIGOD FILES

  PERCY JACKSON AND THE GREEK GODS

  PERCY JACKSON AND THE GREEK HEROES

  THE GODS OF EGYPT AWAKEN!

  When an explosion shatters the ancient Rosetta Stone and unleashes Set, the Egyptian god of chaos, only Carter and Sadie Kane can save the day. Their terrifying quest takes the pair around the globe in search of the truth about their family’s magical connection to the gods of Ancient Egypt.

  The Kane Chronicles series:

  THE RED PYRAMID

  THE THRONE OF FIRE

  THE SERPENT’S SHADOW

  PERCY JACKSON IS BACK!

  Join Percy and his friends from Camp Half-Blood as they face off against rival Roman demigods of Camp Jupiter, and set out on a deadly
new mission: to prevent the all-powerful Earth Mother, Gaia, from awakening from her millennia-long sleep to bring about the end of the world.

  The Heroes of Olympus series:

  THE LOST HERO

  THE SON OF NEPTUNE

  THE MARK OF ATHENA

  THE HOUSE OF HADES

  THE BLOOD OF OLYMPUS

  THE DEMIGOD DIARIES

  THE GODS OF ASGARD ARISE!

  Magnus Chase has always run away from trouble, but trouble has a way of finding him. After being killed in battle with a fire giant, Magnus finds himself resurrected in Valhalla as one of the chosen warriors of the Norse god Odin. But now isn’t a good time to be joining Odin’s army. The gods of Asgard are preparing for Ragnarok – the Norse doomsday – and Magnus has a leading role …

  The Magnus Chase series:

  THE SWORD OF SUMMER

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  First published in the USA by Disney • Hyperion, an imprint of Disney Book Group, and in Great Britain by Puffin Books 2015

  Copyright © Rick Riordan, 2015

  Illustrated by Rhett Podersoo

  Rune art by Michelle Gengaro-Kokmen

  Magnus Chase icon based on an illustration by Eamon O’Donoghue

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  ISBN: 978-0-141-34243-6

  Table of Contents

  Title Page

  By the Same Author

  Dedication

  ONE: Good Morning! You’re Going to Die

  TWO: The Man with the Metal Bra

  THREE: Don’t Accept Rides from Strange Relatives

  FOUR: Seriously, the Dude Cannot Drive

  FIVE: I’ve Always Wanted to Destroy a Bridge

  SIX: Make Way for Ducklings, or They Will Smack You Upside the Head

  SEVEN: You Look Great Without a Nose, Really

  EIGHT: Mind the Gap, and Also the Hairy Guy with the Axe

  NINE: You Totally Want the Minibar Key

  TEN: My Room Does Not Suck

  ELEVEN: Pleased to Meet You. I Will Now Crush Your Windpipe

  TWELVE: At Least I’m Not on Goat-Chasing Duty

  THIRTEEN: Phil the Potato Meets His Doom

  FOURTEEN: Four Million Channels and There’s Still Nothing On Except Valkyrie Vision

  FIFTEEN: My Blooper Video Goes Viral

  SIXTEEN: Norns. Why Did It Have to Be Norns?

  SEVENTEEN: I Did Not Ask for Biceps

  EIGHTEEN: I Do Mighty Combat with Eggs

  NINETEEN: Do Not Call Me Beantown. Like, Ever

  TWENTY: Come to the Dark Side. We Have Pop-Tarts

  TWENTY-ONE: Gunilla Gets Blowtorched and It’s Not Funny. Okay, It’s a Little Bit Funny

  TWENTY-TWO: My Friends Fall Out of a Tree

  TWENTY-THREE: I Recycle Myself

  TWENTY-FOUR: You Had One Job

  TWENTY-FIVE: My Funeral Director Dresses Me Funny

  TWENTY-SIX: Hey, I Know You’re Dead, But Call Me Maybe

  TWENTY-SEVEN: Let’s Play Frisbee with Bladed Weapons!

  TWENTY-EIGHT: Talk to the Face, ’Cause That’s Pretty Much All He’s Got

  TWENTY-NINE: We Are Falafel-Jacked by an Eagle

  THIRTY: An Apple a Day Will Get You Killed

  THIRTY-ONE: Go Smelly or Go Home

  THIRTY-TWO: My Years of Playing Bassmasters 2000 Really Pay Off

  THIRTY-THREE: Sam’s Brother Wakes Up Kinda Cranky

  THIRTY-FOUR: My Sword Almost Ends Up on eBay

  THIRTY-FIVE: Thou Shalt Not Poop on the Head of Art

  THIRTY-SIX: Duck!

  THIRTY-SEVEN: I Am Trash-Talked by a Squirrel

  THIRTY-EIGHT: I Break Down in a Volkswagen

  THIRTY-NINE: Freya Is Pretty! She Has Cats!

  FORTY: My Friend Evolved from a – Nope. I Can’t Say It

  FORTY-ONE: Blitz Makes a Bad Deal

  FORTY-TWO: We Have a Pre-Decapitation Party, with Spring Rolls

  FORTY-THREE: Let the Crafting of Decorative Metal Waterfowl Begin

  FORTY-FOUR: Junior Wins a Bag of Tears

  FORTY-FIVE: I Get to Know Jack

  FORTY-SIX: Aboard the Good Ship Toenail

  FORTY-SEVEN: I Psychoanalyse a Goat

  FORTY-EIGHT: Hearthstone Passes Out Even More than Jason Grace (Though I Have No Idea Who That Is)

  FORTY-NINE: Well, There’s Your Problem. You’ve Got a Sword Up Your Nose

  FIFTY: No Spoilers. Thor Is Way Behind on His Shows

  FIFTY-ONE: We Have the Talk-About-Turning-Into-Horseflies Chat

  FIFTY-TWO: I Got the Horse Right Here. His Name Is Stanley

  FIFTY-THREE: How to Kill Giants Politely

  FIFTY-FOUR: Why You Should Not Use a Steak Knife as a Diving Board

  FIFTY-FIVE: I’m Carried into Battle by the First Dwarven Airborne Division

  FIFTY-SIX: Never Ask a Dwarf to ‘Go Long’

  FIFTY-SEVEN: Sam Hits the EJECT Button

  FIFTY-EIGHT: What the Hel?

  FIFTY-NINE: The Terror That Is Middle School

  SIXTY: A Lovely Homicidal Sunset Cruise

  SIXTY-ONE: Heather Is My New Least Favourite Flower

  SIXTY-TWO: The Small Bad Wolf

  SIXTY-THREE: I Hate Signing My Own Death Warrant

  SIXTY-FOUR: Whose Idea Was It to Make This Wolf Unkillable?

  SIXTY-FIVE: I Hate This Part

  SIXTY-SIX: Sacrifices

  SIXTY-SEVEN: One More, for a Friend

  SIXTY-EIGHT: Don’t Be a No-Bro, Bro

  SIXTY-NINE: Oh … So That’s Who Fenris Smelled in Chapter Sixty-Three

  SEVENTY: We Are Subjected to the PowerPoint of Doom

  SEVENTY-ONE: We Burn a Swan Boat, Which I’m Pretty Sure Is Illegal

  SEVENTY-TWO: I Lose a Bet

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