Asatru for Beginners: A Modern Heathen’s Guide to the Ancient Northern Way, by author Mathias Nordvig PhD.

You can find this book on Amazon at this link: eBook

Book Information

• Reviewed Status
  • Not reviewed
• Book Type
  • Novella
• Genre
  • Educational, Norse Mythology
• Point of View
  • First Person
• Reader Age
  • Middle Grade, Young Adult, Adult

Book Blurb

Explore the ancient gods and goddesses of Asatru—and find your spiritual path

Asatru is a spiritual belief system based around the pre-Christian folklore and mythology of Northern Europe. It gained popularity in the 1970s across Europe and North America and is still thriving today, sought out for its non-dogmatic structure and emphasis on individuality, hospitality, and community-based values.

Asatru for Beginners is a newcomer’s guide to this spirituality. It breaks down everything from the history and traditions to the gods and goddesses, ancient texts, sacred rituals, and the use of runes with simple language anyone can dive into. It’s a practical guide that makes it easy to apply Asatru in your modern-day life and find greater spiritual satisfaction.

Asatru for Beginners offers:

See yourself more clearly—Asatru centers around ideas like friendship, community, and sharing. Discover what’s important to you and how to worship in a way that fits your life.
What’s old is new again—Explore the thousand-year-old roots of the original Asatru religion and what makes its recent rebirth so powerful.
Gods and goddesses—Find wonder, purpose, and inspiration in the stories and poems about gods like Thor, Loki, and Frigg.

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Hall of Bones (The Brotherhood of the Eagle Book 1), by author Tim Hardie.

You can find this book on Amazon at this link: eBook

Book Information

• Reviewed Status
  • Not reviewed
• Book Type
  • Novel
• Characters
  • Strong male main characters
• Genre
  • Fantasy, Norse Mythology
• Point of View
  • First Person
• Reader Age
  • Middle Grade, Young Adult, Adult
• Content Warnings
  • Gore

Book Blurb

In the remote land of Laskar the seven ruling clans have vied with each other for power for over a century. The son of the Reavesburg Clan Chief, Rothgar, has been groomed all his life for a role supporting his elder brother, Jorik, in leading their kingdom when their father’s time finally comes to an end.

However, the rulers of their greatest rivals, the Vorund Clan, are in the grip of something older and far darker. Conquered by evil, a remnant from the time when the gods warred with one another and the world of Amuran collapsed into the Fallen Age.

Everything is about to change …

The first book in The Brotherhood of the Eagle series, Hall of Bones begins a tale of epic fantasy, magic and intrigue.

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Children of Midgard: The Freyerton Saga, Volume written by Greg Garrison. This book blends Norse mythology, fantasy, action, superhero, and horror elements to tell a story that you will never forget!

You can find this book on Amazon at this link: eBook

Book Information

• Reviewed Status
  • Not reviewed
• Book Type
  • Novel
• Characters
  • Strong male main characters
• Genre
  • Fantasy, Horror, Norse Mythology
• Point of View
  • First Person
• Reader Age
  • Middle Grade, Young Adult, Adult

Book Blurb

Stephen and Jo Freyerson are twins who live alone in the woods with their father. One day, after a swarm of bees attacks their classroom and they happen upon on the way home by a black dog with red eyes, the twins find a note from their father informing them that he has left home on an important journey. Moments later, their Great Aunt Maddy, a winged valkyrie, arrives and explains that their great-grandfather is the god, Freyr.

They are visited by a resurrected Oxford professor, a boar made of gold, and talking ravens. In the following days, they befriend a dragon, explore bizarre worlds, and develop their super powers. Ghosts will attack them, monsters will threaten them, and a psychopathic god who kills for fun will taunt them. If they are to find their father and fulfill a mysterious destiny foretold by the Weird Sisters, they must be bold and risk everything for love.

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Trollgrave is a another great book by author Alex S. Bradshaw. It is filled with a stunningly crafted world intricately woven with Norse mythology. Every book we have seen from this author earns high praise from his readers.

You can find this book on Amazon at this link: eBook

Book Information

• Reviewed Status
  • Not reviewed
• Book Type
  • Novel
• Characters
  • Strong male main characters
• Genre
  • Fantasy, Norse Mythology
• Point of View
  • First Person
• Reader Age
  • Young Adult, Adult
• Content Warnings
  • Gore, Language

Book Blurb

Something stirs in the Forest of Broken Trolls…

Despite all his skill in healing and runecraft, God-Speaker Alvir Einarson could not save everyone.

In the wake of failure, he seeks aid from an old mentor and witnesses a wave of darkness sweep over the land that, for a single moment, extinguishes all magic.

In the capital, he discovers a fellow god-speaker is missing and the streets swarming with Windborn – resurrected warriors gifted with supernatural powers by the gods’ enemies.

Answers await in the Forest of Broken Trolls, but within its sinister depths even the gods’ protection may not be enough, and no more so than now, when the gods’ strength may be fading and dark powers are on the rise.

One thing is certain: Alvir Einarson would rather die than let the gods fall.

Trollgrave is a standalone Norse fantasy filled with fanatical outlaws, strange magic, and vicious monsters.

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The Kinslayer, Sagas Of The Fleshed Lands is a relatively short, Norse fantasy novel epic written by author S.K. Putt. If you enjoy reading a good Norse story with creative animal companions, and strong female characters, check out The Kinslayer. Get your copy at this Amazon link: eBook

Book Information

• Reviewed Status
  • Not reviewed
• Book Type
  • Novel
• Genre
  • Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Norse Mythology
• Point of View
  • First Person
• Reader Age
  • Young Adult, Adult
• Content Warnings
  • Gore

Book Blurb

The Fleshed Lands have worshiped their Gods and Goddesses for as long as time stands. Folk of The Fleshed lands are dedicated relentlessly to whom they worship, that even blood will not deter their allegiances. Raids, riches and thraldom inspire some of these lands, while others seek peace and will protect it fearlessly.

Fenra, The Wolf Goddess and Jörma, The Snake Goddess, are caged and bound by chains in Skýjaþorp, a hall where Gods and Goddesses feast. Fenra and Jörma have selected champions in The Fleshed Lands to find the Twin-Bladed Axe to fulfil the prophecy spoken of in saga tales.

For some champions, raids have taken away everything, including family, and survival is the only goal.

For others, the quest for greatness and to triumph on behalf of their goddess is the only option.

Regardless, all are desperate to find the weapon of prophecy, but at what cost?

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Windborn is a dark, character-driven Norse fantasy packed with emotion, deadly foes, and vicious battles written by author Alex S. Bradshaw. You can find this book on Amazon at the following link: eBook

Book Information

• Reviewed Status
  • Reviewed
• Book Type
  • Novel
• Characters
  • Strong female main characters
• Genre
  • Fantasy, Norse Mythology
• Point of View
  • First Person
• Reader Age
  • Young Adult, Adult
• Content Warnings
  • Animal Harm, Gore, Language

Book Blurb

Drowning is only the beginning…

Edda Gretasdottir is a raider, a fell-handed shield-maiden, feared along every coast. Hers is a life woven in battle scars.
But she never wanted to walk the warrior’s path. All she wanted was freedom, to earn enough gold to buy her family their own remote farm, and to escape their oppressive chieftain. Now, she has enough plunder so that she can finally hang up her shield and live in peace.

That peace is stolen from Edda, however, when raiders burn her home, destroy all that she loves, and toss her, wounded and bleeding, into the ravenous ocean. But the fates are cruel and this is not the end for Edda: she rises from the bloody surf as a Windborn, a cursed warrior whose supernatural gifts are a poor exchange for everything she has lost.
Fueled by rage and armed with strange new powers Edda will hunt for whoever sent the raiders, for whoever is responsible for taking everything from her. She will show them the sharp edge of her ax… or die trying.

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