Böcker av Rachel Ford

The pen may be mightier than the sword, but can a lowly junior scribe really be the key to ending a war among the gods? Retiree and barbarian fighter Barbara Callaghan is building an alliance capable of defeating Odin, king of the Norse gods. At least, she's trying to. But as the local populations shy from the cause, and even Loki seems to forget about her, she realizes she's missing something. Or, someone. Army veteran Caleb Dunn, meanwhile, didn't expect his summer job to turn into a new life, and a quest to save humanity from vengeful gods. And yet, with the shadow of Odin's wrath looming large in the North, that's the mission.Fair enough - except that Caleb was tricked into starting The Old Gods as a junior scribe, a glorified writer and tax collector with no martial skills. Now he's stuck playing a build that taps into none of his strengths, and all of his weaknesses. Caleb is the key she's been missing. Unfortunately, he is a noob. Some rapid leveling is required, and the services of a barbarian brawler, to ensure he survives the process. With Barbara's brawn and Caleb's brains, these two fish out of water just might build an alliance powerful enough to put an end to the chaos.

A shadow hangs over Midgard. Malevolent forces stir in Asgard. Out of the chaos will rise... a grandmother?Barbara Callaghan assumed she'd spend her retirement peacefully, playing bingo and babysitting her grandson. Not fighting giants and wrangling unruly gods. But when she finds herself the victim of a digital scam, trapped as a barbarian brawler in a game world generated from old Earth mythologies, she knows she will either adapt or perish. And Barbara has never been a quitter. To survive this harsh rendering of Midgard, Barbara must win the patronage of one of the Asgardian gods. With the help of her disloyal companion Carwyn, an elven NPC with more warrants out on him than coins in his purse, she seeks out Asgard. She discovers a world in turmoil, with powerful gods at each other's throats, rogue giants causing chaos at every turn, and dwarven craftsmen at war with one another. A world that needs the practical, no-nonsense touch of a grandmother-and the occasional brute strength of a barbarian.