Once a god . . . always a god! It took place more than a thousand years ago...the Twilight of the Gods and the destruction of Asgard, home of Thor and Odin. But a sculptor named Vidar still remembers that horrific time. He is an immortal, a bastard son of Odin, and one of the few Aesir to survive the Twilight. Weary of the war-loving ways of his kind, he has forsaken Asgard for Earth, traveling from land to land and guarding the Horn of Death that once protected the gates of his home. Now, after centuries in this world, Vidar hears the anguished cry of a kinsman. Asgard has been rebuilt, but a terrifying new enemy wearing Odin’s war-mask has stolen Thor’s hammer—and is planning a holocaust to consume not only the gods’ home but Earth as well. Vidar knows he has no choice but to return to Asgard—and take the Horn of Hell with him.

Created in the dark dwarvin caverns by a mast smith, with mystic runes carved in its gleaming hilt and spells of blood to bind it with power - this was the legendary Sword of Frey, the magical weapon that brought victory to its wielder. Now two mighty gods seek the sword - Ygg the Destroyer, who lings to obliterate Asgard and Earth, and Vidar, the bastard son of Odin, trying to save both worlds from Ygg's mad campaign. Through the Gates between the Worlds, with the forces of Aesir, mortals, elves, and giants behind him, he must race against time and the deadly pawns of a crazed god - to prevent a second Twilight of the Gods.

Believed for more than one thousand years to have been slain, Odin Valfather is discovered alive in the realms of Aesir by his son, Vidar, who must use his enchanted sword to kill his father, or all that he has built on earth will be destroyed