Born within the heart of a fire in the hollow of a tree-trunk, Loki arrives in Asgard as an outsider. He is a trickster, an unreliable narrator, the god of intelligence and politics. In spite of his cleverness and sparkling wit (or, perhaps, because of this) Loki struggles to find his place among the old patriarchal gods of supernatural power and is constantly at odds with the god of thunder - Thor. This is a retelling that is contemporary in tone,...

He's Loki's older, nastier, vastly more powerful future self. His machinations have cost Loki everything but who is King Loki? What dread Asgard is he the Agent of? And what evil scheme has he been brewing all this time? Loki began his third life by annihilating the soul of his second - his better, purer self. Now he pays the price. What lie - or truth - will save him now? As the Ten Realms face their last hours, ancient enemies march on Asgardia...