Magnus awakens in a place called Hotel Valhalla as an einherjar, where he is told he will spend eternity training for Ragnarök. As he realizes that he is about to die, he manages to wound the giant and hurl the two of them off the bridge. Magnus attacks Surt with the sword to allow other pedestrians time to escape. A fire giant known as Surt appears, and begins to destroy the bridge.

Randolph tells the boy that he must magically retrieve an ancient sword ( Sumarbrander, or the 'Sword of Summer') hidden in Boston Harbor to protect himself. Randolph catches Magnus and drives him to Longfellow Bridge, claiming that Magnus is the son of a Norse god, making him the target of an unnamed magical enemy. After learning that his uncle Randolph has unexpectedly sent his uncle Frederick and cousin Annabeth to search for him, Magnus breaks into Randolph's house to look for answers. The novel opens on the sixteenth birthday of protagonist Magnus Chase, who has been living on the streets of Boston since his mother Natalie's death two years ago. Since its release, the novel has been translated into 9 languages. A sequel, The Hammer of Thor, was released on October 4, 2016. It won the 2015 Goodreads Choice Award for Middle Grade and Children's Fiction. The book has appeared on The New York Times children's Best Seller list and the Amazon best-seller list. The Sword of Summer received positive reviews from critics, who praised its plot, humor, the inclusion of diverse characters, and mature themes, but also noted it failing to rise above the author's previous work. 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. 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 Sword of Summer is a young-adult fantasy novel based on Norse mythology written by American author Rick Riordan. Print ( hardcover and paperback), audiobook, e-book

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