Odds luck has been bad so far. He lost his father on a Viking expedition his foot was crushed beneath a tree & the winter seems to be going on for ever. But when Odd flees to the woods & releases a trapped bear his luck begins to change. The eagle bear & fox he encounters reveal theyre actually Norse gods trapped in animal form by the evil frost giants who have conquered Asgard the city of the gods... Can a twelve-year-old boy reclaim Thors hammer outwit the frost giants & release the gods? With Neil Gaimans wit & style this story transcends the everyday & becomes a humorous rich & layered tale of a life lived courageously.