The Blades of the Old Kingdoms: A dark fantasy epic

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The final runeblade. The greatest horror.

To ensure he wins Ragnarök, Odin has manipulated mortals across Midgard. He has scheme, plotted, lied, and killed. And most of all, he has sought for the runeblades of the Old Kingdoms, until but one more remains unclaimed.

Or rather, claimed by a Patriarch of Miklagard, a foreign lord of such power as even Odin has never faced. Alongside his pawns, Odin strives for the blade that can slay even immortals.

But the price is beyond imagining, and not all can survive the curse of the blades …

This total reboot of Gods of the Ragnarok Era replaces and expands on that Norse-inspired epic. Mythology, horror, and dark fantasy meld together in an ice age. The Eschaton Cycle begins.

Note: This book contains adult themes and mature content

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About the author

Matt Larkin

Along with his wife and daughter, Matt lives as a digital nomad, traveling the world while researching for his novels. He reads approximately a bazillion books a year, loves video games, and relaxes by binge watching Netflix with his wife.
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Matt writes retellings of mythology as dark, gritty fantasy. His passions of myths, philosophy, and history inform his series. He strives to combine gut-wrenching action with thought-provoking ideas and culturally resonant stories.
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As a child, Matt read The Lord of the Rings with his parents. This sparked a lifelong obsession with fantasy and started him on a path of discovering the roots of fantasy through mythology. In exploration of these ideas, the Eschaton Cycle was born—a universe of dark fantasy where all myths and legends play out.