#valhalla trilogy

[facts-i-just-made-up]

I seriously want to thank Harmony Ink Press so much for publishing my weird ass book trilogy.

[the-walrus-squad]

Just finished Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. Highly recommended to fans of my Valhalla books. You can see my thoughts and some clippings from it at my reading blog here.

[crow-caller]

So I just finished "Valhalla" by Ari Bach, a book that's been on my to-be-read pile for a long time, at your recommendation in an older video you posted! And wow, yes, please give me a Tikari!!! My spouse and I have already come up with bugs, weapons, and possibly names for our hypothetical little guys, hah! My favourite quotes from the book, in chronological order, were:

"The North Pole isn't too far by pogo, but all they have is a McDonald's."

"Don't sweat it, Vi. What you drop, your team picks up."

Vibs was online, reading. Varg had fallen asleep within minutes of lift-off, and Veikko amused himself by stacking survival gear on Varg's head.

Two men had just died because she'd gone the wrong way, because she couldn't trust her Tikari to do its job. She sensed that the Tikari was pissed at her for it. She shut it up by stowing it in her chest, still bloody from the fight. It was a sickening, dirty feeling to have his blood under her skin.

"That urge for activity is a remnant of panic, nothing more."

And:

6. "Wars have always been fought by children."

I'm (personally) a little squeemish about body/medical stuff (I genuinely had to skip pages during the Wulfgar/Violet scene which was a good scene, but wow that made my stomach turn. I was really adverse to the whole Tikari thing in general until we got to see Violet's point of view on watching hers wake up, and from that moment, I was convinced I wanted one.

I thought the Mishka twist was interesting and surprising, but believable. I liked that Mishka's and Vibeke's relationship was, from 'our' point of view, loose and undefined, but then you got to see from Mishka's point of view how serious she was about Vibeke. And I liked that the references to sex were more...vague. Clinical? Especially in certain parts (thinking about one of the times Violet went to see Wulfgar in the cage).

Also, reflecting on the Mishka twist, I actually really liked that it was Mishka who escaped to (presumably) come back in the next book rather than who brother who we just met and know nothing about. Two possible return villians, who we already kinda-sorta know and kinda-sorta have a connection to? Yes!!

All in all, I really liked this book! I thought the single chapter devoted to Violet's military career was really good, and I do feel bad that she was kicked out like that! I (personally) thought her reasoning for fighting back against her...squadmates (correct word??) was perfectly sound! And I especially liked that we got to see Heather/Weather again, because I liked her for the breif chapter when she appeared!

I don't know if I'll read the other two books, because I'm kind of okay with how this ended, and the synopsis for the next was rather...different. Have you read the other two? Were they very different?

The only other question I would be, how the heck do/did you pronounce Vibeke's name!? Hah, my first thought was "vee-bee-kee," and my spouse suggested "vih-BECK," which I what I ended up going with in my head.

Thank you again for recommending this! Next up is Philip Reeve's "Railhead" which I'm also excited for!

Hell yeah!! I'm so glad you liked them, they're a blast!

I hope you don't mind me answering this publicly, because I want to loop in @facts-i-just-made-up aka @sharkchunks who wrote the books! :D

[sarcasticcollegestudent]

[valkyrjuk]

@the-walrus-squad valhalla members initiating violet macrae

found on Chad Mojito's Shitposting and Senseless Drivel Empire

[stonebutchsunflower]

This is a good joke.

[fearoftheminotaur]

Reminder that the Valhalla Trilogy is like a solid 9.8/10

Maybe even better when I eventually reread them. Probably currently in my top 20 everything. And it’s been 2 years.

[patronsaintofthedenial]

halfway through ragnarok and musing to myself - do i want "Dont Fuck Shit Up" tattooed somewhere questionable on my person? without a doubt. will it actually happen? who knows @the-walrus-squad should i do it?