'Sara Jones has never been like other girls. On the eve of her wedding, she discovers that the supernatural strength she has been hiding her whole life comes from a father she never knew: the Viking god Odin. His interference derails her closest relationships, and Sara starts to long to be among her own kind. She follows Odin’s ravens into the City, where her father has unleashed seven monsters from Asgard as challenges. As she faces the challenges one by one, she finds allies she never expected. And an enemy she could never have predicted.
'Sara is torn between her old life and her longing for something beyond mortal knowledge, and it will take every ounce of her godlike power to save who she loves and become what she longs to be.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Dedication: For my daughter Astrid:
Strength of the Aesir
Genre Worlds : Australian Popular Fiction in the Twenty-First Century
Kim Wilkins
,
David Carter
,
Beth Driscoll
,
Lisa Fletcher
,
2016
16429960
2016
website
criticism
‘Genre Worlds: Australian Popular Fiction in the Twenty-First Century’ is a research project funded by an ARC Discovery Project Grant between 2016 and 2018 (DP160101308).
The research project aims to systematically examine 21st-century Australian popular fiction, the most significant growth area in Australian trade publishing since the turn of the century. Its three areas of investigation are: the publishing of Australian popular fiction; the interrelationships between Australian popular fiction and Australian genre communities; and the textual distinctiveness of Australian popular novels in relation to genre. Research will centre on thirty novels across three genres (fantasy, romance and crime), building a comprehensive picture of the practices and processes of Australian popular fiction through detailed examination of trade data, close reading of texts, and interviews with industry figures.'
Source: Project website.
