Brayden, Ava, and Niamh bemoan calculus, discuss death, and appreciate the tone of this book as they continue their dive into Magnus Chase and The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan, analyzing the themes like a socratic seminar!

The Sword of Summer is a young-adult fantasy novel based on Norse mythology written by American author Rick Riordan. It was published on October 6, 2015, by Disney Hyperion, and is the first novel in the Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard series.

The novel is narrated in the first-person view by Magnus Chase, 16-year-old demigod and homeless orphan and after his death he arrives in a Norse afterlife as an Einherji, Magnus discovers that he is the son of the Norse deity, Frey, and must stop Fenris Wolf from leaving his prison and ending the world.

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