At the Well of Urd

The gods are parasites. The cosmos is dying. And the cure might be worse than the disease.

For ten thousand years, the Norns-Urd, Verdandi, and Skuld-have woven reality from their dwelling beside the Well of Urd. They've edited out chaos, removed unwanted possibilities, and maintained the pattern that keeps existence from dissolving into the primordial void.

They never questioned the cost.

When Urd tastes copper in the sacred well-the unmistakable flavor of theft-she discovers a horrifying tru...