<p><strong>The saga of the Choosers of the Slain continues.</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Odin the One-Eyed Wanderer has dismissed Brynhild from the sisterhood of the Valkyries for disobedience.&nbsp;Stabbing her with the sleep-thorn, he condemns her to sleep until "sons are sires" and a man comes who will be her equal.&nbsp;But if she loses her maidenhood, she will lose both her magical youth and her strength.</p><p><br></p><p>Brynhild opens her eyes in a strange, icy land to see Siegfried, a man who seems half-God himself.</p><p>If he is a sending of Odin, does Siegfried's outstretched hand mean a hopeful future?&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Or divine revenge?</p><p><br></p>