Magnus Chase and the Ship of the Dead (Book 3)

Rick Riordan

Oct 2017 · Magnus Chase Book 3 · Penguin UK

About this ebook

Rick Riordan's Norse hero faces his greatest challenge yet in the final instalment of the series.

Loki the trickster god is free from his chains. Now he's readying Naglfar, the Ship of the Dead, armed with a host of giants and zombies, to sail against the Norse gods and begin the final battle of Ragnarok. It's up to Magnus Chase and his friends to stop Loki's plans, but to do so they will have to sail across the oceans of Midgard, Jotunheim and Niflheim in a desperate race to reach Naglfar before it's ready to sail on Midsummer's Day.

Along the way, they will face angry sea gods, hostile giants, and an evil fire-breathing dragon who happens to be a former acquaintance. But Magnus's biggest challenge will be facing his own inner demons. To defeat Loki, Magnus will need to use words, not force. This will require finding a magical elixir so deadly that it will either make Magnus Chase powerful enough to out-talk the silver-tongued Loki, or destroy Magnus utterly.

Ratings and reviews

Falls flat on its face like all his second books he has written like percy jackson and trials of apollo and the kane chronicles and others. Story is ok but lacks fun

This book will be interesting to read as the last book left of at a cliff hanger. I am very excited. I have enough google opinion reward points to get this all ready! As the last book, they must find Thor's hammer and now, they must stop Loki. They also mentioned that in this book, Magnus Chase will finally meet Percy Jackson. I hope they work well together and will stop loki's plans. The best part of the book is the front cover. It is very well designed and the ship of nails looks very cool. The colors of the back ground is well chosen as the adventure in this book will be very dangerous. But the most important thing is that i have a chance to read this book!!!

Really liked the book!could do with a bit more suspense but it wasn't disappointing! Rick Riordan never dissapints 😁

About the author

Rick Riordan (he/him), dubbed 'storyteller of the gods' by Publishers Weekly, is the author of five #1 New York Times best-selling middle grade series with millions of copies sold throughout the world, including Percy Jackson and the Olympians, soon to be a live-action series on Disney+. His latest novel is Daughter of the Deep, a modern take on Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Rick is also the publisher of an imprint at Disney-Hyperion, Rick Riordan Presents, dedicated to finding other authors of highly entertaining fiction based on world cultures and mythologies. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts with his wife and two sons. Follow him on Twitter at @RickRiordan.