The Shapeshifter's Daughter
a powerful reimagining of the norse myth of hel of the underworld
$30.83
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
10 November 2025
Summary
The Queen’s Reflection: A Tale of Two Hel(en)s
Nothing, on earth or below it, in the skies or under the seas, freezes faster than the worthless heart.
Before she was a hideous monster, the Queen of the Underworld was simply Hel. But cast as a young girl from lofty Asgard, the realm of the gods, by Odin the Allfather, Hel’s fate as the terrible goddess of death is sealed. Half beauty, half crone, she has reigned for centuries over th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399825214 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399825216 |
| Author: | Sally Magnusson, Karen Traynor |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 10 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 273g |
| Dimensions: | 214mm x 134mm x 28mm |
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Critics Review
Magnusson is superb at evoking a landscape rich in history and prehistory, although the novel’s greatest strength is her feminist interpretation of Norse mythology in a story that centres equally on Hel and Helen, both of whom are daughters wounded by “fathers whom they still, in the last winter of their own lives, struggles to forgive”. * Irish Times *
About The Author
Sally Magnusson
Bestselling author, journalist and broadcaster Sally Magnusson has written several books for adults and children, most recently her Sunday Times bestseller Where Memories Go (2014) about her mother’s dementia, The Sealwoman’s Gift (2018), her acclaimed debut novel, The Ninth Child (2020) and Music in the Dark (2022). Sally lives outside Glasgow.
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