Asgardians: Loki - by George O'Connor

About the Book

"As night falls on Asgard there is one who does not dream. Loki, a trickster of epic proportions, has much to think on. He hearkens back to his challenge to the wolf Fenrir to break the strongest Dwarf-made chains. He remembers Thjazi, the jotunn in monstrous eagle form, and his pursuit of the apples of youth. And he worries he has fallen out of favor with his blood brother, Odin. Can he use his cunning and wiles to worm his way back in? Or, feeling spurned, will Loki choose to burn it all down?"--Provided by publisher.

Book Synopsis

Following the smash-hit Olympians series, George O'Connor embarks on a new graphic novel saga about the Norse gods. This third volume tells the story of Loki, the trickster god!

As night falls on Asgard there is one who does not dream. Loki, a trickster of epic proportions, has much to think on. He hearkens back to his challenge to the wolf Fenrir to break the strongest Dwarf-made chains. He remembers Thjazi, the jotunn in monstrous eagle form, and his pursuit of the apples of youth. And he worries he has fallen out of favor with his blood brother, Odin. Can he use his cunning and wiles to worm his way back in? Or, feeling spurned, will Loki choose to burn it all down?

Review Quotes

"A semi-sympathetic portrait of a god too clever for his own good." --Kirkus

Asgardians: Thor:

"With his customary close and spirited take on original sources, O'Connor sets his portrait within a frame story that has Odin's beefiest son--portrayed as a veritable mountain of muscle--relating several renowned exploits in order to earn passage from a cloaked ferryman at a river." --Kirkus, starred review

Asgardians: Odin:

"A rainbow bridge to a fresh set of mythological places and faces." - Kirkus, starred review

Olympians:

"O'Connor's illustrations are bursting with action, humor, and lots of details."--NPR Morning Edition

"A first-rate series." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review

About the Author

George O'Connor is the New York Times-bestselling author of Olympians, the series of graphic novels featuring the tragic, dramatic, and epic lives of the Greek Gods. His first graphic novel, Journey into Mohawk Country, pushed the boundaries of the genre, using as its sole text the actual historical journal of the seventeenth-century Dutch trader Harmen Meyndertsz van den Bogaert. He also illustrated acclaimed playwright Adam Rapp's Ball Peen Hammer. He teamed up with writer Daniel G. Newman on Unrig: How to Fix Our Broken Democracy, the first volume in the World Citizen Comics series. George is also the creator of popular picture books such as the New York Times-bestselling Kapow! and If I Had a Triceratops. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.