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Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman

Hardcover – Harper – 2016 – 123 pages

Odd, a young Viking boy, is left fatherless following a raid, and in his icy, ancient world there is no mercy for an unlucky soul with a crushed foot and no one to protect him. Fleeing to the woods, Odd stumbles upon and releases a trapped bear…and then Odd’s destiny begins to change. The eagle, bear, and fox Odd encounters are Norse gods, trapped in animal form by the evil frost giant who has conquered Asgard, the city of the gods. Now our hero must reclaim Thor’s hammer, outwit the frost giants and release the gods…

First published in 2009, Odd and the Frost Giants has been reimagined by Chris Riddell in the style of his  black-and-white artwork from The Sleeper and the Spindle, enhanced here with metallic silver ink.