The brothers Hödur and Baldur are Aesir, deities of the ancient Norse. After ages of imprisonment in the world of the dead, they find themselves among the Aesir that survived the end of the world known as Ragnarök. Shortly, following the catastrophe, the efforts to build an improved world out of the ashes are derailed by internal disagreements and violent arguments. The new generation of ruling Aesir is divided into two factions – except for the blind one, Hödur, who goes into self appointed exile because of what happened in Valhalla in the past. Once again, humanity spreads across Earth, but without the guidance of the Aesir. This new world is ominously similar to the one of old. Now, seven-thousand-and-ten years after Ragnarök, the world seems doomed to reprise its awful end. Nanna, the revived wife of Baldur and the new keeper of the Apples of Youth, is missing; creatures and supernatural beings are coming up to the surface; and dark and powerful forces – headed by certain survivors – are on the rise, threatening the very existence of the world of men. If nothing is done, history will repeat itself. Hödur & Baldur is the first novel in the trilogy The Saga of the Survivors. Fast-paced and limber, Hödur & Baldur is at once a post-apocalyptic fantasy thriller, an exploration of the characters of the surviving Aesir, and a critical examination of the status of men, creatures and gods in a deceptive and dangerous world. The story draws primarily on the world of Norse mythology, but also includes and utilizes elements from Persian, Celtic, Ancient Greek, and Oriental mythology.