Ragnarok was the End of Worlds.
Asgard fell, centuries ago, and the old gods have been defeated. Some are dead, while others have been consigned to eternal torment in the netherworld - among them, the legendary trickster, Loki. A god who betrayed every side and still lost everything, who has lain forgotten as time passed and the world of humans moved on to new beliefs, new idol and new deities.
But now mankind dreams of the Norse Gods once again, the river Dream is but a stone's throw from their dark prison, and Loki is the first to escape into a new reality.
The first, but not the only one to. Other, darker, things have escaped with him, who seek to destroy everything that he covets. If he is to reclaim what has been lost, Loki will need allies, a plan, and plenty of tricks.
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[Asgard was falling]***
(Gollancz, 17 May 2018, first published 20 March 2017, 304 pages, ebook from @AmazonKindle)
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Harris is one of my favourite writers and I loved her novel, The Gospel of Loki so had high hopes for this sequel. Thankfully, I was not disappointed. The Testament of Loki is a corker of a book, well-written, engrossing and totally original. This book is set after Ragnorak. This book and The Gospel of Loki are apparently part of the author's Runes series along with Runemarks and Runelight (which I haven't read) so I'll need to read the four of them together to get the whole story. Loki is the narrator here as he is in The Gospel of Loki. He's a full of schemes and plotting as ever. I loved the concept of the book, Loki and other key players including Odin being able to make their way to earth (or Midgard) via a video game called Asgard! I loved every word of this book.
