I’m really loving T.G. Ayer’s Valkyrie Series. It got off to a rousing start in Dead Radiance and now the follow-up book 2 in the series, Dead Embers, is a fantastic sophomore achievement. The author has created a fantastic Norse myth based world, with Odin and his chosen warriors, Loki, the Norse Hel, dwarfs, dragons, and everything else you could conceivably want. I love Valkyries. I love the heroine here Valkyrie-in-training Bryn Halbrook. She may face time of problems with her boyfriend stuck in Hel, Odin's chosen warriors dying mysteriously and, oh yeah, that little matter of impending Ragnarok, the ultimate battle, drawing closer, but I’d never bet against an ultimate kick-a** heroine in the making like Bryn. Instead I’m just enjoying the ride.
Very highly recommended.