this is poorly written, poorly narrated, and just abysmally paced. every time the writer tries to get artistic in his descriptions i imagine the scene from holy grail of everybody screaming “GET ON WITH IT!!!!” But sadly, they dont. large tracts of time are wasted on a mediocre attempt at descriptive purple prose, or the author trying to come off as scholarly in over describing some small unimportant thing amd completely kills the story. what there is of one. the narrator isnt much better, with a high soft voice that just meanders along breathily offering no tone or weight to whats being read that just does not fit in the slightest. it also kills off any pace or tension to the story. and finally just the story and characters are trash. spoilers, but its all so obvious who cares. magnus is a viking that ran away from valhalla for whatecer reason. somehow.now he is living in austin, after spending close to 1000 years as a soldier, mercenary, and spec ops guy. for someone who has been fighting so long and suppose to be just so good, he fights like a brain damaged hamster with a broken spine having a grand maul seizure. he sucks. the worst is when the writer tries to write “Hot and Steamy” scenes.. and they only come out as tepid and greasy. just ignore this. its moist trash oh. the guy also has as much understanding of norse mythology and lore as a lobotomized toddler does quantum physics. also, evidently odin is making taliban suicide bombers. fuck this book and writer.