GENESIS - THE BEGINNING. Book 1

Introduction

The Valkyrie

Norse Mythology that turns out to be not so mythic after all.

Hell bent on keeping their existence a secret, the Valkyrie will stop at nothing.

But most of all, Ragnarök must be averted from ever happening –

Ragnarök; the war that will pit god against god!

Old Earth

For over 4000 years they have sought the 15, 600 000-ton Planetariums sent to repopulate the stars, thus relieving the earth of its burdening population. Now Earth wants payment on its investment, – with interest!

EVEN IF IT MEANT WAR!

Vigrior

Prophesy predicted its coming. Not what it was!

The Galactic Empire

Barbaric! Technologically advanced and stagnating. An Empire ruled by muscle, brains and above all, the Sword.

The Annular

They came every year to make war on the Galactic Empire and to destroy all in their path. Why then, did they never conquer their weaker opponent?

PROPHESY HAS BECOME A REALITY!

A short account (in layman's terms) of the Viking and their gods.

Though this is my second attempt at a novel, it is a toss-up to which was the most difficult. Norse mythology is so vast and extensive that at times it is difficult to remember all the details. Interesting details I may add. My problem was that every nation from Denmark, Norway and Sweden, from Scotland to England and Germany and many more, differed ever-so-slightly in their interpretations. (For example; the many translations of Earth. These being Mannheim, 'the home of men', Midgard, Miðgarðr, Midjungards, or Middangeard which was later transformed to Middellærd or Mittelerde ("") in literature. There are more but let us leave it at that.) For this reason, I ask to be excused, for my attempt at novelizing it all. I have taken free license in writing this novel because of the insurmountable difficulty in gathering and correlating the finer details and because of this, I take my proverbial hat off to those scholars of the Old Norse myth who could remember all the details, sagas and heroic tales of the Viking and his gods.

The Viking or Norsemen ('Northmen') was not 'Christian' or civilized, as we understand the meaning of the words. From Scandinavia, they left to seek their fortunes by raiding monasteries for their gold and undefended coastal sites for silver, mead and women and of course the odd human sacrifice. For three centuries, they pirated and traded, raided and settled on much of Britain and the European continent. The Viking advanced to Russia, Iceland, Greenland and Newfoundland.

At the mention of the word 'Viking', one would be forgiven should he immediately see in his mind's eye an image of a large bearish horn-helmed individual screaming his war cry as he jumped off the beached Viking Longboat wearing mail shirts beneath leather cloaks, and leather breeches that covered thick trunk like legs. From under the helmet, he would also probably see long straw colored braided hair hanging from each side of the head. Black staring wide eyes glaring from heavy features covered with a large bristling beard that may or may not be parted in the middle. He would see the Viking with his one large hand clutching sword or war-axe while the other held a round, hand-painted wooden shield. You may be excused, for they were a warlike people and the image may not be far wrong. To get into Valhöll(Valhalla) one had to be. To get Odin's Valkyrie to notice them and collect their souls, they had to be.