The Sword of Summer (2015)
The Sword of Summer is a 2015 juvenile fiction book written by Rick Riordan.
Magnus Chase has been living rough on the streets of Boston since his mother died. On his sixteenth birthday an uncle he barely knows tells him the truth: his father is a Norse god, and a sword lost for a thousand years is his to find. Magnus's day goes from bad to catastrophic, and he wakes up somewhere he never expected, surrounded by warriors and impossible odds. Rick Riordan brings the same quick wit and mortal-kid-meets-myth energy that powered Percy Jackson, now loose among Asgard, giants, talking swords, and the slow approach of Ragnarok.
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What is The Sword of Summer about?
Magnus Chase has been living rough on the streets of Boston since his mother died. On his sixteenth birthday an uncle he barely knows tells him the truth: his father is a Norse god, and a sword lost for a thousand years is his to find. Magnus's day goes from bad to catastrophic, and he wakes up somewhere he never expected, surrounded by warriors and impossible odds. Rick Riordan brings the same quick wit and mortal-kid-meets-myth energy that powered Percy Jackson, now loose among Asgard, giants, talking swords, and the slow approach of Ragnarok.
When was The Sword of Summer published?
The Sword of Summer was published on 6 October 2015.
Who made The Sword of Summer?
The Sword of Summer was written by Rick Riordan.
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God of War turns the same Norse pantheon of giants, gods, and Ragnarok into something you play, all axe-throws and hard fathers. The Thor films share Asgard and a taste for myth told with a grin. And the Percy Jackson TV series scratches the identical itch: a modern teenager who discovers a god is his parent and the myths are real.
Gods and ancient myths walking around in the modern world
Magnus Chase finds out his homeless Boston life was hiding a Norse god for a father, the same jolt that powers Thor's arrival on Earth, Percy Jackson's discovery that Olympus never closed shop, and Kratos's very personal war with his own Norse pantheon in God of War. Child of Kamiari Month and Wonder Woman send their heroines into different gods' worlds with the same matter-of-fact ease.
Fantasy quests through monster-filled realms against impossible odds
Magnus wakes up facing warriors and giants far past his weight class, the exact overmatched-but-game energy running through Tower of God's climb past monstrous trial after trial, Radiant's young monster hunter in over his head, Saga's family fleeing armies of much stronger enemies, Digger's wombat lost in a mythic underworld, and Brisingr's dragon-rider caught in a war bigger than himself.
Fantasy adventure that keeps its sense of humor at the end of the world
Magnus Chase treats Ragnarok with the same wisecracking calm he'd use on a bad Tuesday, and that mix of real stakes and genuine jokes carries over into Critical Role's tabletop quests, The Stolen Princess's folklore rescue plot played for laughs, Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure's after-the-movie escapades, and Charming's fairy-tale send-up.