At the center of the Milky Way lies Sagittarius A*, a supermassive black hole that humanity has never been able to see beyond. But what if it is not simply concealing what lies within? What if it is protecting us from something on the other side?
In a world where Norse mythology exists alongside arcane forces and forgotten civilizations, fifteen-year-old Odessa has spent her life haunted by voices no one else can hear. She has been taught to fear them, suppress them, and accept that whatever is happening inside her mind cannot be explained. But when those voices begin revealing things they should not know, Odessa realizes they may not be a curse at all.
After a tragic accident in the Tristic Forest nearly takes the life of her six-year-old sister, Twyla, Odessa begins uncovering secrets her father, Maeve, and the Seiðmaðr Beyhos have kept from her. The more she learns about the arcane, the gods, and the ancient mythology surrounding her people, the more questions emerge. Who is her real mother? Why can she hear voices no one else can? What are they trying to tell her? And why does Beyhos refuse to reveal her destiny?
As an ancient enemy emerges from beyond the boundaries of their universe and madness begins spreading across Scandinavia, the line between mythology and reality starts to collapse. Legends once dismissed as folklore begin taking physical form, and the people of Valhalla are forced into a war they do not understand.
The stories humanity called mythology were never stories.
They were history.
And Odessa is about to become part of it.
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