Valkyrie Symptoms: A Valkyrie Rising Short Story

This twenty-page original story introduces the characters from the perspective of the ever-flippant, if undeniably alluring, Tucker Halloway. It also includes a teaser to Valkyrie Rising, a novel in which deadly legends, hidden identities, and tentative romance swirl together into an unexpectedly epic adventure when seventeen-year-old Ellie travels to Norway with her big brother and Tuck, his best friend, and encounters Valkyries: the legendary women warriors of Norse mythology.

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He knows her as his best friend’s kid sister, and he’s just there for the vacation. What happens when mythology gets real—and she’s at the center of it all?

• Forced Proximity: She’s his best friend’s little sister. Now they’re all spending the summer together in Norway, where the close quarters are about to get complicated.
• Norse Mythology: This isn’t just a history lesson. Ellie and Tuck are about to come face-to-face with Valkyries, the legendary and lethal women warriors of myth.
• Overprotective Brother: Ellie’s big brother Graham is used to watching out for her, but he has no idea the scale of the danger they’re walking into.
• He Falls First: Told from Tuck’s perspective, this prequel gives readers a front-row seat to the moment he starts seeing Ellie as much more than just a friend.