By the Mountain Bound (The Edda of Burdens Book 2)

For five hundred years, the immortal Children of the Light—einherjar and valkyrie—have inhabited the North of Valdyrgard. Born from the Sea with shining crystal swords, they are Angels of Light created during the formation of a new world. Three older beings from the death-throes of the old world, Midgard, also exist among them: the world-girdling Serpent known as Bearer of Burdens, the Wolf Fenris who eats the Sun and takes einherjar form, and his demon sister who steals souls. The Children spend their days feasting, fighting, hunting, and protecting their human charges. When a mysterious woman washes ashore from the sea—neither mortal nor valkyrie—the stability of their world begins to crumble. Her arrival triggers the breaking of the Children of the Light, the weakening of their power, and the death of Valdyrgard. This prequel to All the Windwracked Stars recounts the events of love and betrayal, sorcery and battle, that culminate in Muire being left alone in the snow at the end of the world.