cover image Molten Dusk

Molten Dusk

Karissa Laurel. Red Adept, $14.99 trade paper (270p) ISBN 978-0-615-81432-2

Laurel (Arctic Dawn) presents her heroine, Solina Mundy, with a myriad of difficult choices in this satisfying, mythology-tinged third volume of her Norse Chronicles. Solina, although human, wields the fiery power of the Norse sun goddess and is allied with Baldur Odinson, the present Allfather; thunder god Magni Thorin; and a host of Valkyries. Arrayed against them are Helen Locke, better known as Hela, goddess of the Underworld; the wolf Skoll; trickster Vali Lokison; and Helen’s army of stone golems. Solina has to balance her desire to avenge her brother’s murder with the need to proceed cautiously to avoid Helen’s traps. She must also decide whether to give in to her growing attraction to Thorin and learn to harness her visions. New readers will be lost, but series fans will enjoy the character growth, the mystical elements, and the many battles of epic powers. (Dec.)