Shadows of Niflheim

By: Elvi Blómgren

Narrated by: Josie Midforth

I was born to be forgotten. Cast down, exiled, left to rule the dead in a kingdom of frost and silence. The gods feared me from the moment I took my first breath—the half-living daughter of Loki, bound to a fate I never chose. While my brothers were chained and cast into the sea, I was thrown into the abyss of Niflheim, a world of shadows and restless souls. Here, I was meant to wither. Instead, I became queen.

But even the ruler of the dead is not free. When the golden god Baldur arrives at my gates, the gods come pleading for his release. They believe I am heartless. They are wrong. I know love, I know loss, and I know what it is to be abandoned. The question is—will I be the monster they expect, or something far more dangerous?

A tale of fate and defiance, Shadows of Niflheim is a gripping reimagining of the goddess Hel, woven with mythology, sorrow, and the quiet strength of a queen who was never meant to rise.

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