Book description
Hanck Orn's son is dead. When they come to the door they tell him it
was a heart attack, but he knows they are lying. So he travels to the
outermost reaches of the land to find out what really happened. When he
lands on the island he is met by a young woman, hair streaked with
blood, raving like a lunatic. She is one of the sisters, who tell him
the story of how his son died in the great hall of the Clan, the Norse
gods, who were holding a party. But the festivities soon got out of
hand, the guests began to argue with one another, and the mischievous
shapeshifter Loki dealt a deadly blow. Set in a dystopian future that
recalls Orwell and Zamyatin, Klas Ostergren has weaved a dizzying story
of magnificent scope and foul play. Moving from the golden halls to the
depths of the underworld, it is about one man's search for justice for
his son in a world on the brink. A place where true love is so strong it
can bring about the end of time.
