Skadi Rae's biggest problem used to be algebra homework and cold ramen. Then a creature made of shadow and frost broke into her bedroom, a silver-eyed stranger saved her life without a word of explanation, and an envelope sealed in wax turned her ordinary, beige life inside out.
Turns out she is a descendant of Loki. She carries a forbidden rune tied to an ancient prophecy of Ragnarok. And she is expected at Valgrimm Academy, hidden in the mountains of Norway, where the student body includes gods, giants, valkyries, and the occasional overly opinionated gargoyle, and where the syllabus casually includes preventing the end of the world.
All Skadi wants is to blend in. Unfortunately, blending in was never in the cards for the girl marked by chaos. Between a rivalry with a valkyrie elite who would love nothing more than to watch her fail, a silver-tongued rune thief whose loyalties shift more than the Norwegian weather, a roommate who trusts ghosts more than the living, and a Headmaster whose true allegiance no one can pin down, Skadi barely has time to worry about her grades, let alone an apocalypse.
But the deeper she digs into the truth behind her rune, the more she learns that the prophecy was never just an old story. Alliances fracture. Trust becomes a luxury she cannot afford. And the father she never knew she had has been watching all along, with plans for her that have nothing to do with keeping her safe.
Valgrimm Academy: Blood and Ice is Book One of the Runeborn Series, a fast, funny, and fiercely emotional academy fantasy for readers who have ever felt like they did not belong, and who secretly hoped that not belonging meant they were meant for something bigger.
