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    The Valhalla Prophecy
    The Valhalla Prophecy
    The Valhalla Prophecy
    Audiobook17 hours

    The Valhalla Prophecy

    Written by Andy McDermott

    Narrated by Gildart Jackson

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    About this audiobook

    In a Stockholm museum, thieves steal an enormous Norse runestone, but not before killing a security guard. When Nina Wilde, head of the International Heritage Agency (IHA), and her husband, ex-mercenary Eddie Chase, arrive to investigate, they are told a chilling story: A scholar has discovered that the stone may be one of two keys to finding the mythological site of Valhalla, where the Vikings predicted the world's final battle would begin. The second stone lies at the bottom of a Norwegian lake. But when Nina and Eddie race to the scene, they're hit with a shocking surprise.

    Covert agents from around the world, including a ruthless mole in the IHA, are drawn into a lethal game. Then a disturbing secret surfaces from Eddie's past, involving a mission in Vietnam and a woman he tried to save. Suddenly suspicious of her own husband, Nina cannot afford to stop the perilous search for the artifact. For somewhere in a remote wilderness, two forces are about to converge: one that could save the world . . . and one that could destroy it.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateNov 22, 2016
    ISBN9781515983323
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    • 4/5
      I got this book as an early reviewer and thought it was entertaining. It was my first time reading an Andy McDermott book and it wasn't bad. I think that it was a bit light on the historical or scientific information compared to James Rollins or Dan Brown, etc., but I thought that the book was a fun read. I liked the interplay between Nina and Eddie as well as the plot line related to the Vikings and eitr. I will look into more of Mr. McDermott's books as I haven't read any of the prior books in the series.

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    • 4/5
      Having read the other eight books in this series, I was happy to get a chance to read and review this one. I must say I thoroughly enjoyed it, as I have the others. Yes it is campy, yes it is more of the same.But there are times when campy and more of the same, is what I want. To me reading is escape, and this is escapism literature at its best.For the most part the characters are likable (There are times I seriously dislike Nina). The pace is fast, the ending predictable. It is not pretentious, it doesn't try to be something it isn't.The author does enough research to make the archeology interesting. Eddie continues to be superman, using his brand of smarts to keep both himself and Nina alive while defeating the bad guys.So if you want to have fun while reading, read a book to enjoy not just impress your friends, give this series a try.Though it does help, I don't think you have to have read the other eight to read this one.
    • 5/5
      Good listen, a bit of mythology and a bunch of action.
    • 3/5
      I received an ARC from Random House Publishing Group - Bantam Dell through Netgalley.com for free in exchange for a review.

      I don't recall reading any of McDermott's previous novels in this series of Nina and Eddie Chase. I believe this is approximately book nine in the series, but even so, reading it without knowing previous escapades, it read well. This is definitely a thriller/action/adventure novel that I compare to the Boyd Morrison's Tyler Locke series. Plenty of snarkiness in extreme tense situations, led into with a bit of history as Nina Chase is an archaeologist. I enjoyed the way McDermott put together some mythological Norse tales, and bring it to a modern day story.
    • 4/5
      Plenty of adventure, treasure hunting, and outwitting the bad guys. Valhalla Prophecy is part of an ongoing series featuring a husband and wife team. This addition to the series involves the search for a historic poison reputedly used by the Vikings. I like the use of mythology and history although not especially fond of the back and forth along the time line.
    • 3/5
      Valhalla Prophecy was my first McDermott novel. I found it difficult to get started with the story, but became interested as the plot developed around the Norse prophecies and the archaeological aspects of the search. Other reviews tell more of the plot, so I will focus on my own response to the book. I did enjoy the story, but I had to force myself back to reading it as my mind would wander to other tasks. I like mysteries and adventures that hold my interest and tear my mind away from daily tasks. Perhaps I had too much on my mind, but Valhalla Prophecy did not hold my interest. I enjoyed it enough however to give another book in the series a try.
    • 3/5
      This book is well written. Action packed from the first pages to the last. This is the first book I have read from Andy McDermott. I am not sure I will read another due to the excessive cussing in the book. I do not think it added to the characters or the story.
    • 4/5
      The Valhalla Prophecy by Andy McDermott is a novel about the search for a historic poison that was known about by the Vikings. This poison was to be used at the final battle of Ragnarök.The story starts in Novoya Zemlya in the 1950's when a Russian scientist is trying to take a sample of the poison (eitr according to Norse mythology) with him while defecting to the West to continue his studies of the poison. The Russians had stopped his research after discovering how bad the poison was and did not want it used by anyone. They destroyed the pit with the poison in their largest hydrogen bomb test of the Cold War.The story then moves forward to the present time and the theft of a historic artifact from the Swedes. This was a rune stone that had the directions to Valhalla. It was meant to direct the Vikings to Valhalla for the preparation for the battle at Ragnarök.The story then jumps back into time about 8 years earlier when Eddie was a mercenary in Viet Nam attempting to rescue a group of medical people who had been kidnapped. Unknown to him, the group that wanted the hostages rescued had leaked the presence of the Russian scientist's granddaughter on the team to the Russians. The Russians were behind the kidnapping to gather information on the granddaughter. The Russian scientist had infected his wife with the poison to study the effects of the poison. It had caused tumors in the wife, daughter, and granddaughter through genetic mutations. These last two stories weave back and forth through out the novel revealing more about who the bad and good guys are. It leads to the search for a second rune stone that will assist in locating a second eitr pit from Norse mythology. The story moves faster and faster to the climatic ending in northern Canada.The story overall was very well told. Not having read any of the other novels in this series, it took a while to understand some of the main characters, particularly Nina and Eddie, who work for the UN to protect historic artifacts. The relationship between these characters and several others is critical to the story. The author did a fairly good job of explaining some portions of the relationship, but it would help if you had read the earlier stories in the series.
    • 4/5
      Valhalla Prophecy is part of an adventure series featuring the husband and wife team of Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase. The story starts in the northern Soviet Union in 1961 when Volkov, a scientist, goes by dog sled to retrieve his greatest work from a mysteriously deep pit in the ground. At the same time a turboprop drops a bomb on the site killing the scientist and obliterating the pit.Fast forward to the present: Eddie and Nina with the backing of the International Heritage Agency go to Sweden to investigate the theft of the Valhalla Runestone from a museum in Stockholm and the IHA has its next case. The present story shifts back to early days in Eddie's life when in the midst of a divorce, he takes on a rescue mission in Vietnam with men he trusted from his days in the SAS while stationed in Afghanistan. For plenty of adventure, treasure hunting, and outwitting the bad guys, Andy McDermott writes an entertaining tale that would translate well into an Indiana Jones style of movie.
    • 3/5
      This is the 9th book in the series. Though can be read as a stand alone without being completely lost to who the characters are and the progressing story line. An action packed story that combines history and mythology with great no nonsense characters. A good choice for anyone interested in history, mythology, Indiana Jones or The Liberian movies.
    • 4/5
      Very good for having entered into the series later, but it fared fairly well independent of the previous story. The writing was very good at drawing in the reader into the story by transitioning through two different timelines in the first half of the book. I would have liked to have a bit more historical or mythological involvement in the plot other than it playing a supporting role. Some of the action sequences were a cliche and turned predictable.This was my first time picking up the series and it was not disappointing. However, I do not think that it was so great that it will make its way into my stack of to-read books.
    • 4/5
      This is my first encounter with Andy McDermott so I had no preconceived ideas of what to expect. My first reaction is that it reminds me a bit of Clive Cusser with more foul language. It is a little mythology, a little Cold War, a little fast paced action. The basic idea is that the basis of Norse mythology is more real than imagined. (I take it this is a common thread among the 9 books in this series.) It is a book that asks the reader to suspend their logic and go with the flow. I actually found that easy to do once I let go. The novel moves back and forth in time between the 70's and the present. It pits the archaeological couple of Nina Wilde and her ex-SAS husband, working for the International Heritage Agency, against the Russians and the US in a race to discover a deadly "artifact". This is a light read that anyone who enjoys Clive Cusser should enjoy.