From SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Kate Heartfield comes a glorious, lyrical retelling of one of Norse mythology\'s greatest epics Brynhild is a Valkyrie: shieldmaiden of the Allfather, chooser of the slain.
And a shieldmaiden may yet find that love is the greatest weapon of all..
For not all heroes are heroic, nor all monsters monstrous.
But here on Midgard, legends can be lies...
As the legends tell, these names are destined to be lovers, fated as enemies.
And in the songs to be sung, there is another hero: Sigurd , a warrior with a sword sharper than the new moon.
Gudrun is a princess of Burgundy, a daughter of the Rhine, a prize for an invading king - a king whose brother Attila has other plans, and a dragon to call upon.
But now she too has fallen, flightless in her exile. * The Embroidered Book shortlisted for the Aurora Award for Best Novel* From SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Kate Heartfield comes a glorious, lyrical retelling of one of Norse mythology\'s greatest epics Brynhild is a Valkyrie: shieldmaiden of the Allfather, chooser of the slain.
And a shieldmaiden may yet find that love is the greatest weapon of all.
For not all heroes are heroic, nor all monsters monstrous.
But here on Midgard, legends can be lies...
As the legends tell, these names are destined to be lovers, fated as enemies.
And in the songs to be sung, there is another hero: Sigurd , a warrior with a sword sharper than the new moon.
Gudrun is a princess of Burgundy, a daughter of the Rhine, a prize for an invading king - a king whose brother Attila has other plans, and a dragon to call upon.
But now she too has fallen, flightless in her exile.
From SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Kate Heartfield comes a glorious, lyrical retelling of one of Norse mythology\'s greatest epics Brynhild is a Valkyrie: shieldmaiden of the Allfather, chooser of the slain
