Mitchison, Naomi

Staff Pick!

Allanah says…

I am in awe at how stories like this can exist and slip through the cracks of time. So grateful that Virago decided to republish this one!
It’s a feminist fairytale where the maiden doesn’t need rescuing from the dragon, where heroes are in fact a nuisance, and freedom to live a life unchained is valued above all else.

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Halla is the daughter of a king, cast out as a baby into a world of danger and enchantment. She is raised by bears, lives amongst dragons, converses with Valkyries and avoids warmongering heroes. But an encounter with Odin All-Father sets her on a new path as a wanderer through the world, and to a final choice. Is her role in the story already written – as a king’s child, an adopted dragon, or a fearless heroine – or can she travel light?