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Step through the golden doorway of Fólkvangr and enter the living mystery of Freyja; over, sorceress, warrior, weaver of fate, and the most fiercely complex goddess of the Norse world. Book of Freyja is more than myth retold. It is a reclamation. A torch held up to the ancient stories so their true heat can be felt again. These pages honor Freyja in every facet: the giver of desire, the breaker of chains, the teacher of seiðr, the rider of battlefields, the weeper of amber, the sovereign who leads women not toward submission but toward their own unshakable power. Within this book you will...

Enter the Language of the Vikings Old Norse was the tongue of longships and sagas, of law and ritual, of gods and heroes. English to Old Norse is a guide to that world of words, offering a clear path from modern English back into the speech of the North. Inside you will find: Essential vocabulary drawn from everyday life, trade, warfare, and belief. Explanations of how the Norse used their language in law, custom, and story. Thoughtful adaptations that give modern ideas an authentic Old Norse voice. Practical tools for readers, writers, and learners who want to bring the sagas closer. This ...

The Book of Heathen is an exploration of Norse pagan faith: its myths, rituals, and the raw, untamed worldview that shaped a people at the edge of the world. These are stories of creation out of frost and fire, of wolves that chase the sun, of men who swore oaths with blood and found their worth in battle. Here the Nine Worlds stretch across the roots and branches of Yggdrasil, the World Tree, while giants, spirits, and tricksters contest the fate of gods and mortals alike. This is not a gentle mythology. It is a record of power, doom, and wonder—of Ragnarök, when the gods themselves ...

In Viking Saga, journey through the brutal and extraordinary lives of some of the most legendary figures of Norse history—warriors and kings whose tales of conquest, ambition, and sacrifice became etched into the very spirit of the Viking age. This collection brings to life the epic stories of Harald Hardrada, Rollo of Normandy, Freydis Eriksdottir, Ivar the Boneless, and Erik the Red, each one a figure whose unyielding will and defiant courage shaped the course of empires and forged the myths of the North. From the bloody shores of England to the dark forests of Norway, from the wilds of...

I See Cryptids Step into the shadows where folklore breathes and legends walk. I See Cryptids is a chilling guide into the hidden corners of the world, where strange creatures linger just beyond firelight. From the mist of ancient forests to the depths of forgotten lakes, cryptids emerge—half-whispered myths, half-terrifying truths. Through encounters, lore, and unnerving detail, this book brings to life the beings that haunt our collective imagination: Bigfoot, the Mothman, Chupacabra, and many more. Each chapter opens a doorway into the unknown, revealing sightings, superstitions, and ...

Christo-Pagano: Shadows of the Cross in the North is a work of fire and frost, of sagas and scripture, of shadows bending toward light. The North remembers in fragments. The myths of Baldr, Oðinn, and Loki do not reach us in untouched pagan voice but through vellum inked by baptized scribes. Far from erasing the old stories, Christianity preserved them—shaped, refracted, yet still alive. In their retelling, echoes of the gospel resound: Baldr the beloved son slain and promised to return, Oðinn pierced upon the tree, Loki bound until the world’s end, Ragnarök trembling with ...

The Alchemy of Iron and Imagination Iron Maiden didn’t just write songs—they built worlds. Each riff was a burning torch in some haunted corridor of history, myth, or mind. From the howling gallows of “Hallowed Be Thy Name” to the apocalyptic horizon of “2 Minutes to Midnight,” their catalog was never just sound. It was scripture for those who wanted their music heavy with consequence. This book is a tribute to that strange chemistry: where distortion meets storytelling, and melody becomes myth. Each story in these pages is a re-imagining; a transformation of Maiden’s songs ...

There are bands that write songs, and there are bands that build worlds. Linkin Park did the latter. They didn’t just play music, they created a landscape where pain had gravity, where anger had purpose, and where silence could scream louder than a stadium. For two decades, their sound became the emotional architecture for millions who didn’t have a language for their storms. From the start, they were the strange alchemy no one expected to work; rock stitched to rap, electronic noise blended with aching melody, vulnerability welded to defiance. It was chaos that made sense. Mike ...

The Four Horsemen... There’s a place every metalhead talks about, but few survive long enough to describe. Some call it the Pit. Some call it Purgatory with better lighting. But those who’ve stood in the center, sweat in their eyes, blood on their teeth, the amps screaming like demi-gods being born know the truth. The Pit isn’t a venue. It’s a threshold. Every song that ever mattered, every riff that could rip open a sky, bleeds into it. The Pit breathes with distortion, exhales heat, and feeds on fear. It’s where rhythm turns ritual, where noise becomes prophecy. And on the ...

This book is blood and bone and screaming lungs, built from riffs that cut sharper than knives and lyrics that burned themselves into my skull like brands. I didn’t write these stories sitting in silence … I wrote them with my ears bleeding, heart pounding, sweat dripping down the back of my neck, while Megadeth tore holes in the dark and stitched them shut with aggression. Every word here owes itself to the pit; that sacred violence, that communion of the broken, the damned, and the faithful, where bodies crash and rise again, where pain becomes prayer, where music is the only law. ...

In the shrouded corners of creation, beyond the reach of Gods and the grasp of mortal understanding, an ancient war wages, a war devoid of conquest, thirsting for power. This is a war of existence itself, far more insidious and fundamental. Not armies, nor empires, not a single blade's strength nor whispered prayers of the devout can turn its tide. This war is threaded into the very fabric of reality, a relentless clash between order and chaos, light and darkness, belief and oblivion. It is a war that has enraged since the dawn of time and will persist until its dying breath.

THE TIAMAT PROTOCOL A Sci-Fi Horror Thriller by Andrè Venås The signal didn’t come from Earth. But it’s rewriting us anyway. When the derelict satellite known as the Black Knight reactivates after centuries of silence, its transmission infects dreams, mutates language, and calls out to only two minds on Earth: Elise and Elias Voss—beautiful, brilliant twins linked by more than blood. Elise sees maps in her sleep. Elias hears voices in static. Together, they are recruited by the mysterious Tiamat Protocol, a covert agency tasked with decoding a godlike signal that predates ...

Here is a book for the clenched fist and the open wound, a liturgy hammered on an anvil. It is not polite. It is not patient. It stares into the furnace and names the colors honestly. Call it a tribute to the Death Punch: not a band or a brand, but a pressure inside the skull, the throb of fight that keeps a person standing when the sermon says kneel. These pages honor the ones who chose impact over silence, who learned that a life is a metal that only rings true after it has been struck. We will not varnish the fractures. We will not mop the blood from history’s floor and pretend the ...

In Tales from the Pit II: Tribute to the Dark Prince, the darkness runs deeper and sharper. This second volume is a haunting homage to the Dark Prince, weaving together stories that pulse with dread and reverence for the figure who inspires terror and fascination in equal measure. Each tale in this anthology carries a piece of his shadow—cryptic testimonies from the lost, cursed artifacts steeped in blood, and legends that slither through forgotten towns and hollow woods. These are not stories to soothe; they are stories to unsettle, designed to stay beneath your skin long after you close...

Tales from the Pit is a blood-slick love letter to heavy metal and the nightmares it inspires. From the warped echoes of thrash riffs to the howl of guttural vocals, this anthology tears through the raw, blistered psyche of a generation raised on distortion. Inspired by the darkest cuts from Metallica, Slayer, Danzig, Pantera, Megadeth, Dethklok, and more, each story is a brutal hymn forged in feedback and fury. Inside these pages, you’ll find serial killers in makeup, cults born from stage dives, reapers with guitars, lost souls who never stopped screaming—and demons that bleed in time...

The air was heavy with the metallic tang of blood, a crimson pool spreading across the cracked asphalt beneath him. Magnus stood over the lifeless body; his broad shoulders cloaked in the shadows of the alley. The dim streetlight overhead flickered, casting jagged patterns across his face. His long, reddish-blond hair clung to his sweat-dampened skin, framing the gleam of his piercing eyes—eyes that seemed to drink in the carnage, unflinching, calculating. The kill had been clean—efficient. The silver blade rested in his gloved hand, its edge still glistening with the essence of its ...

"They say that serial killers secretly desire to be caught. That is not my truth, for I am driven by righteousness." In this riveting dark trilogy, the boundaries between reality and madness blur, plunging readers into a visceral journey through the minds of society’s most depraved individuals. Each story unravels a sinister tapestry, stitched together by the crimes of those whose acts transcend evil. Harbinger of Souls opens the trilogy with a disturbing prophecy—the harbinger of lost souls. In Shadows of Whitechapel, history's most infamous serial killer, is revived through vivid ...

In the fog-bound lands of the North, among the cold, rugged coasts and shadowed fjords, the story of Ragnar Lodbrok took root, a tale woven into the very fabric of Viking history and myth. A figure both larger than life and rooted in reality, Ragnar’s saga remains as turbulent and vast as the sea his ships once sailed. This adaptation brings forth the chronicles and poetry of The Sagas of Ragnar Lodbrok, guided by the translations of Ben Waggoner and rooted in historical sources, yet enriched by the fireside embellishments that brought such tales alive.

A fallen demon in Berlin builds an operating system for desire—and declares war on Hell, regulators, and the myth of free will. When Serris Vale is cast out of Hell for a heartbeat of mercy, she lands in Berlin with horns intact, wings burned, and a plan sharp enough to cut the city open. Nights become laboratories. Clubs become churches. With a brilliant, reluctant coder and a ruthless dealmaker, Serris births Lilith—a machine that doesn’t guess what people want; it persuades them. As Lilith wires itself into dating apps, storefronts, and travel engines, Berlin starts to hum to ...

Book Excellence Award Finalist Tales from Asgard is a descriptive storybook retelling of the adventures and parables of the Norse Gods, spanning form the time of the great Ginnungagap to the final battle at Ragnarok. It tells the tales of the greatest Gods and Giants, such as the deeds of Odin and Thor, and the misdeeds of Loki, tales of Freyja and Frey and the great shining one Baldr.