Sasha Hunter is a young talented ninja, however, she has no purpose to fight for. She spends her days training and attending Ariadnio, a Greek martial arts school. Her life is peaceful and uneventful, even boring, until one day, everything changes. Her teacher is killed during the invation of Ariadnio and leaves Sasha alone and confuzed. His last words . . .
On her way home for the Christmas holidays, Dora is given a mysterious box by her father. She also discovers that there’s a boy she’s never seen before in the back of the car—but he vanishes when she tries to tell her Dad about him. Then her Dad vanishes too: has he gone to work in London, or has he . . .
The gods of Valhalla need a champion to fight for them in the Midgard—otherwise known as Earth. They need someone fierce, strong, with a killer instinct. Who they got was Iris Morgan, a file clerk on her way home. Imbued with the power of the gods, she must learn to harness her new strength, survive the tests they set for . . .
The story of a mortal woman being mistakenly chosen by the Norse gods to be the champion of Earth is an interesting premise. Mythology can be fun to play with. Iris’ misadventures with the Norse gods should make for amusing reading. Odin, Thor, and Tyr have been introduced so far. Five chapters have posted at the time of this review. [more . . .]
Well the premise is correct, unfortunately there are a few common weaknesses of chosen one stories. The story progresses similar to the typical action/fantasy movie, meaning some details are obviously guessed by the writer or taken from movies (Hollywood physics basically). The pacing of the plot is definitely exaggerated and a few quirks of the heroine are slightly too often [more . . .]