"A missing brother, Viking visions, and an atmospheric Shetland setting – this transcends genre boundaries in thrilling style"
Steeped in atmosphere and myth, Danny Weston’s Postcards from Valhalla is a fabulously realised adventure for 11+year-olds. Chillingly suspenseful as the lines between reality and fantasy are blurred, it’s a completely compelling story, driven by a quest to find a missing brother, and underpinned by a sense of family.
15-year-old Viggo is getting on with his life in Edinburgh when his mum brings bad news — his older brother Magnus has gone missing in Shetland, where he was working on a Viking settlement. Viggo’s response is understated - to begin with, at least. In Viggo’s view, Magnus was a “total weirdo”, and he’d “lost count of all the disasters that Magnus had caused.” But this time, they have more reason to worry — the boys’ father went missing in the same spot a few years ago (missing, presumed dead), so Viggo and his mum journey to Shetland.
Soon enough, Viggo is plagued by spiralling visions of Viking ships and weird creatures. The sense of fear and escalating danger is viscerally evoked, and so too are emotions around love and loss.
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