Elizabeth Bear - By the Mountain Bound (Edda of Burdens 2) (epub)

For five hundred years the immortal Children of the Light, einherjar and valkyrie,
have lived together in the North of Valdyrgard. They were born out of the Sea, each
with a shining crystal sword in his or her hand; they are Angels of Light created in
the formation of a new world. But three have come before them, from the death-throes
of the old world, Midgard: the world-girdling Serpent, Bearer of Burdens; the Wolf
Fenris, eater of the Sun, who now takes the form of an einherjar; and his demon
sister, stealer of souls.

The Children spend their days feasting, fighting, hunting, and guarding their human
charges. But one dreadful day a woman is washed up from the sea, a Lady who is no
mortal, though she is not valkyrie either. Thus begins the breaking of the Children of the
Light, the tarnishing of their power, and the death of Valdyrgard.

By the Mountain Bound is a prequel to Elizabeth Bear's highly acclaimed All the
Windwracked Stars, and tells the painful tale of love and betrayal, sorcery and battle,
that led up to the day when Muire was left alone in the snow at the end of the world.

Title: By the Mountain Bound
Series: The Edda of Burdens
Author: Elizabeth Bear
Published August 31, 2010, by Tor
ISBN-10: 0765333457
ISBN-13: 978-0765333452
Language: English
Length: 320 pages