The Valkyrie, Kate Heartfield
The Valkyrie, Kate Heartfield
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The Valkyrie

Author: Kate Heartfield

Narrator: Eleanor Jackson, India Shaw-Smith

Unabridged: 9 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperVoyager

Published: 03/30/2023

Synopsis

*Winner of the Aurora Award for Best Novel* 'With a brilliant heroine at the helm, this richly detailed, character-driven story renders epic mythological battles on a human scale' Publishers Weekly Brynhild Gudrun And in the songs to be sung, there is another hero: , a warrior with a sword sharper than the new moon. As the legends tell, these names are destined to be lovers, fated as enemies. But here on Midgard, legends can be lies… For not all heroes are heroic, nor all monsters monstrous. And a shieldmaiden may yet find that love is the greatest weapon of all. From SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Kate Heartfield comes a glorious, lyrical retelling of one of Norse mythology’s greatest epics

About Kate Heartfield

Kate Heartfield is a former newspaper editor and columnist in Ottawa, Canada. Her novels include the historical fantasy, Armed in Her Fashion, and her interactive novel for Choice of Games, The Road to Canterbury, inspired by the Canterbury Tales. Her short fiction has appeared in several magazines and anthologies, including Strange Horizons, Escape Pod and Lackington’s. Her novella “The Course of True Love” was published by Abaddon Books in 2016, as part of the collection Monstrous Little Voices: New Tales from Shakespeare’s Fantasy World.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kristin ❀ on March 09, 2024

"We are a nation of two, a witch and a warrior, a warrior and a witch, and we lie under the stars at night so close that our pulses touch." What a wonderful retelling! I am such a fan of mythology retold from women's perspectives and this one did not disappoint. It really felt like a fairy tale and i......more

Goodreads review by myfriendsarefantasy on April 21, 2023

The Valkyrie is an epic tale of Brynhild, a fallen Valkyrie banished to Midgard (Earth) for opposing Odin’s decisions on who lives and dies. What does a fallen Valkyrie do first? Go on an epic journey to kill a Lindworm that is poisoning and killing the land and its people of course. There are epic b......more

Goodreads review by Julie on March 08, 2024

Outstanding!! This author is on my must-read list. Amazingly, every time I think Heartfield has outdone herself, she does it AGAIN. It is a wonder. As is this book. If you love your myths retold and brought into fiery, vivid new life--or if you just want a terrific story with memorable characters--thi......more

Goodreads review by Gaby on January 01, 2025

I went into this book without fully knowing what it was about, I just saw the title and cover and thought, This looks like my kind of read! And I have to say, past me made the right call. This is essentially a retelling of the Brynhild saga, featuring the Valkyrie cast to earth by Odin, her betrayal......more

Goodreads review by Beth on August 12, 2024

I love Heartfield’s writing, and this book is my new favorite. She takes on Norse mythology against an underused backdrop of a Europe torn by war among tribes, Huns, and Romans. With eloquent prose, the two heroines trade stories addressed to each other. Brynhild is a Valkyrie freshly exiled from Va......more

Quotes

Praise for The Valkyrie ‘Reading THE VALKYRIE,I felt as if I were meeting old friends again for the first time. Kate Heartfield as taken a story I’ve read in many incarnations and still surprised and delighted me. Practically every sentence is a brilliant kenning, glittering brightly enough to match Fafnir’s hoard. This fierce and imaginative retelling, full of history and magic, does for the Ring Cycle what Atwood’s PENELOPIAD did for THE ODYSSEY’ ‘THE VALKYRIE is a richly-told and deeply-felt tale about finding ones place in the world. A sharp, radiant book to fit the women whose stories it recounts. Kate Heartfield is one of those rare writers who always make me feel as if what they’re writing, no matter how fantastical, is true. Whatever she told me in a story, I would believe it. Gods, dragons and all.’ ‘THE VALKYRIE sings, like the epic it is, without ever letting go of its groundedness, its bloodiedness. A secret history of the sagas, a story from behind the stories of old‒a war story, a love story that, once you see it emerge gleaming and gory from those bardic silences, seems like it was always there.’ Praise for Kate Heartfield ‘Where fantasy and history meet…An entertaining and dark read’ ‘An absorbing novel…a fine balance between history and fantasy’ ‘Spellbinding’ ‘Beautifully written’

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