Valhalla
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5.0 • 6 Ratings
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- $6.99
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
Valhalla: Book One
Violet MacRae is one of the aimless millions crowding northern Scotland. In the year 2230, where war is obsolete and only brilliant minds are valued, she emerges into adulthood with more brawn than brains and a propensity for violence. People dismiss her as a relic, but world peace is more fragile than they know.
In Valhalla, a clandestine base hidden in an icy ravine, Violet connects with a group of outcasts just like her. There, she learns the skills she needs to keep the world safe from genetically enhanced criminals and traitors who threaten the first friends she’s ever known. She also meets Wulfgar Kray, a genius gang leader who knows her better than she knows herself and who would conquer the world to capture her.
Branded from childhood as a useless barbarian, Violet is about to learn the world needs her exactly as she is.
Customer Reviews
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Intense, violent, and oddly sweet
Valhalla is definitely one of my favorite sci fi books. The technology and world was fascinating and had me bookmarking terms constantly to google. Google had accurate and interesting results for most of the searches, so I conclude that this is also an exhaustively researched work, which is pretty cool. Moving on to the violence, I must say that this is technically the most violent book I've read... ever. However, violet (I assume her name is a pun on violent), whose perspective makes up most of the book, sees these scenes of violence through a very detached and analytical perspective. This perspective makes for an interesting read. A less detached person would probably get overwhelmed by the carnage and not offer cool descriptions of exactly how everything is getting eviscerated. Violets general detachment also makes some later scenes more powerful, when she does become overwhelmed by emotion. Namely when she's being totally smitten with her teammate. It's super cute. Everyone involved is a merciless killer of some sort and it's still totally cute. Just read the book it's really hard to explain.