Odin's Child

by Siri Pettersen, Siân Mackie (Translator), Paul Russell Garrett (Translator)

Overview

An epic fantasy trilogy from Norway about thousand-year-old secrets, forbidden romance, and what happens to those who make a deal with the devil comes at last to the United States

"Blood magic, blackmail, and battle rock a rich world of fading magic to its core in this internationally bestselling Norwegian epic fantasy." - Publishers Weekly reviews Odin's Child

I loved (Odin's Child) deeply from the first to the last word, and was instantly and thoroughly immersed. — Laini Taylor, bestselling author of Daughter of Smoke and Bone.

...The story examines and upends everything its characters believe in, including their world, their history, their faith, and themselves, while intertwining elements of politics and Norse mythology with a side of forbidden romance. Kirkus Reviews

The intrigue, scope, and depth of His Dark Materials, set in an immersive Nordic world as fierce and unforgettable as its characters. Rosaria Munda, author Fireborne/Flamefall - Aurelian Cycle

The world building is stupendous. MidWest Book Review

Imagine lacking something that everyone else has. Something that proves you belong to this world. Something so vital, that without it, you are nothing. A plague. A myth. A human.”

Fifteen winters old, Hirka learns that she is an Odin's child – a tailless rot from another world. Despised. Dreaded. And hunted. She no longer knows who she is, and someone wants to kill her to keep it a secret. But there are worse things than humans, and Hirka is not the only creature to have broken through the gates...

Odin’s Child is unique fantasy with Norse roots. An epic clash of xenophobia, blind faith and the right or will to lead.

The first in a trilogy, Odin's Child is a thrilling modern fantasy epic.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781646900008
Publisher:	Arctis
Publication date:	03/23/2021
Series:	The Raven Rings , #1
Pages:	519
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 2.10(d)
Age Range:	14 - 18 Years

About the Author

Siri Pettersen made her sensational debut in 2013 with the Norwegian publication of Odin's Child, the first book in The Raven Rings trilogy, which has earned numerous awards and nomiations at home and abroad. Siri has a background as a designer and comics creator. Her roots are in Finnsnes and Trondheim, but she now lives in Oslo, where you're likely to find her in a coffee shop. According to fellow writers, her superpower is "mega-motivation", which she describes as the ability to inspire other creative souls.

Siân Mackie is a translator of Scandinavian literature into English. They were born in Scotland and have an MA in Scandinavian Studies and an MSc in Literary Translation as a Creative Practice from the University of Edinburgh. They have translated a wide range of works, from young adult and children’s literature—including Ingunn Thon’s A Postcard to Ollis, which was nominated for the 2021 Carnegie Medal—to thrillers and nonfiction. They live in Southampton on the south coast of England.

Paul Russell Garrett translates from Norwegian and Danish, with drama holding a particular interest for him. He has translated a dozen plays and has a further ten published translations to his name, including Lars Mytting’s The Sixteen Trees of the Somme, long-listed for the International Dublin Literary Award, and a pair of novels by Christina Hesselholdt, Companions and Vivian. Originally from Vancouver, Paul is based in east London.

Editorial Reviews

I loved it deeply from the first to the last word, and was instantly and thoroughly immersed.

Laini Taylor

Blood magic, blackmail, and battle rock a rich world of fading magic to its core in this internationally bestselling Norwegian epic fantasy. ...this series opener will captivate lovers of Bardugo’s gritty situations and Pullman’s wide mythic worlds.

Publishers Weekly

The intrigue, scope, and depth of His Dark Materials, set in an immersive Nordic world as fierce and unforgettable as its characters.

Rosaria Munda

Odin’s Child is captivating, surprising, and brilliantly written. Each new plot twist kept me glued to my chair.—Sally Green, internationally bestselling author of the Half Bad trilogy

Sally Green

The world building is stupendous

MidWest Book Review

I loved it deeply from the first to the last word, and was instantly and thoroughly immersed.

Laini Taylor. bestselling author of Daughter of Smoke and Bone.

2021-01-12
The first entry in an epic fantasy series from Norway.

In the land of Ym, all are born with tails and are able to draw upon, or bind, the Might, the energy that flows through the world. All except for Hirka, a 15-year-old girl who cannot bind and whose tail was eaten by a wolf when she was small. As the time of the Rite—the coming-of-age ceremony when young people are given the Seer’s protection—approaches, Hirka is told the unbelievable truth by her father. She is a child of Odin, a tailless creature who was brought from another world as a baby and whose mere presence threatens everyone in Ym, for Hirka is a bringer of the rot. Suddenly orphaned, unmoored, and afraid for her life, Hirka believes that only Rime—her 18-year-old childhood friend, a powerful binder and heir to one of the 12 families that govern Ym—can help. But Rime has a shadowy secret of his own. Repetitive internal monologue slows the action, and the content skews toward older readers with one of the viewpoint narrators being 30-year-old villain Urd, but overall, this is an intricate, engaging novel. The story examines and upends everything its characters believe in, including their world, their history, their faith, and themselves, while intertwining elements of politics and Norse mythology with a side of forbidden romance. Main characters are White; some secondary characters are brown-skinned.

An uneven but promising trilogy opener. (glossary) (Fantasy. 16-adult)

Kirkus Reviews

. . . this is an intricate, engaging novel. The story examines and upends everything its characters believe in, including their world, their history, their faith, and themselves, while intertwining elements of politics and Norse mythology with a side of forbidden romance.

Kirkus Reviews