The Beast of the North: Stories of the Nine Worlds (Thief of Midgard Book 1)

The Beast of the North: Stories of the Nine Worlds (Thief of Midgard Book 1)
by Alaric Longward
All the Nine Worlds have been sundered from the Aesir and the Vanir by the goddess Hel’s War long ago, but in Midgard the years have passed relatively peacefully. Men govern men, and there are wars, there is peace and life is as it should be.
For Red Midgard, times are changing, however. The harsh, freedom-loving northern land faces the animosity of the mighty High King, but also a threat of war with its few allies, as King Morag is rumored to look for any reason to go to war with friends. Maskan and Sand, thieves of Dagnar, discover a web of conspiracies to topple the king before it is too late, and soon, they have a good reason to tie their fates with those who would fight the king.
But not all is as it seems, and layers of truths and lies make the road dark and dangerous. Our heroes must navigate very murky waters of betrayal, elemental magic, love, and loyalty to save their land and to find revenge.