The Gates of Hel (paperback)

No one returns from Hel.

With Baldr’s death, Ragnarök has begun. Desperate to reclaim his son from the realm of the dead, Odin sends Hermod beyond the bounds of the World and into the frozen realm of the dead. Born of a valkyrja, Hermod may be the only one who can make such a journey—but even he cannot know what waits beyond the gates of death.

As Hermod descends into a realm of darkness and ancient horrors, Odin begins his own final gambit. If Fate cannot be changed, then he will challenge the Norns themselves and sunder the destiny they have woven.

But the truths Odin discovers may be more terrible than the future he sought to prevent. The secrets of Fate, death, and Ragnarök have remained hidden for a reason.

And some gates, once opened, cannot be closed.