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The 2nd book in the Magnus Chase series from Rick Riordan. Thor´s hammer is missing -again! The thunder god has a disturbing habit of misplacing his weapon - the mightiest force in the Nine Worlds. But this time the hammer isn´t just lost, it has fallen into enemy hands. If Magnus and his friends can´t retrieve the hammer, the mortal worlds will be defenseless against an onslaught of giants.

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Thor´s hammer is missing again. The thunder god has a disturbing habit of misplacing his weapon - the mightiest force in the Nine Worlds. But this time the hammer isn´t just lost, it has fallen into enemy hands. If Magnus Chase and his friends can´t retrieve the hammer quickly, the mortal worlds will be defenseless against an onslaught of giants. Ragnarok will begin. The Nine Worlds will burn. Unfortunately, the only person who can broker a deal for the hammer´s return is the gods´ worst enemy, Loki - and the price he wants is very high.

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Riordan, Rick

Rick Riordan, dubbed ´storyteller of the gods´ by Publishers Weekly, is the author of five New York Times number-one bestselling book series with millions of copies sold throughout the world: Percy Jackson, the Heroes of Olympus and the Trials of Apollo, based on Greek and Roman mythology; the Kane Chronicles, based on Egyptian mythology; and Magnus Chase, based on Norse mythology. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Rick´s first novel featuring the heroic young demigod, won the Red House Children´s Book Award and - along with the sequel, Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters - was a blockbuster film franchise starring Logan Lerman

To learn more about Rick and his books, you can visit him at www.rickriordan.co.uk or follow him on Twitter @camphalfblood.

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