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Brisingamen

Diana L. Paxson (1984)

SubgenreHistorical Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age13
Goodreads3.77

Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentMild
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

ViolenceManipulation

Protagonist archetypes

Reluctant HeroFellowship

Synopsis

Imagine that a shy graduate student has discovered the legendary necklace Brisingamen--whose wearer bears the powers of the goddess Freyja, mistress of love and war. Imagine that Freyja's enemy, Loki, has come to San Francisco to steal it back, so that he can release his fiery reign of terror. Imagine that only Karen Ingold can stop him. Together with her unlikely allies--a one-eyed biker, a red-bearded carpenter, and a spinsterly Tarot reader--Karen must follow her enemy to a twilit world of myth and magic..not unlike our own

Tags

Urban FantasyMythological FictionContemporary FantasyNorse Mythology