13 editions Magnus Chase has seen his share of trouble.Book 1 The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan 4.24 Life preservers are mandatory for this wet, wild, and wondrous adventure. If all goes well, they will sail Magnus’s magic boat safely across the Atlantic, defeat Loki, and return in triumph to battle and die in Valhalla for centuries to come. Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard Series 3 primary works 9 total works Magnus Chase discovers that he is the son of a Norse god. Series: Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard Book 3 The Ship of the Dead Magnus and his friends take a boat trip to the farthest borders of Jotunhein and Niflheim in pursuit of Asgard’s greatest threat. Jack, his talking disco sword, hangs around his neck in pendant form, ready to be drawn at a moment’s notice. Samirah, Alex, Hearthstone, Blitzen, Halfborn, Mallory, and T.J. So when the call comes for him to depart, he answers. Since Magnus and his einherjar friends in Valhalla will perish that day, he’d prefer Naglfar to stay right where it is. If Naglfar sets sail, it will signal the beginning of Ragnarok, the Day of Doom when the giants destroy the gods in a Nine Worlds‑ending battle. If that weren’t horrifying enough, Loki, the silver-tongued trickster god who recently escaped his poison-soaked prison, is the ship’s captain. As big as a battleship, it’s manned by giants, monsters, and zombie warriors called draugr, and constructed completely out of the fingernails and toenails of dead people. His destination is Naglfar, the Ship of Nails, also known as the Ship of the Dead. The high-dive training-instruction courtesy of his cousin Annabeth’s boyfriend, Percy Jackson-is necessary if he’s going to survive his upcoming overseas voyage.

Unfortunately, he’s stuck with option one. So, given the choice between repeatedly jumping from the yardarm of Old Ironsides into Boston Harbor and hanging out in his comfy room in Hotel Valhalla? Well, three guesses which he’d go for. Ever since he fell off the Longfellow Bridge into the Charles River and died, Magnus Chase has had a thing against falling from great heights into water.

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