
War of the Griddons
Hekla Publishing LLC
Published on 21. May 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
206 pages
978-1-947233-91-1 (ISBN)
Description
The last book of the Ambassadors of Orealis trilogy
Kali has always felt the country's moods-a weathered tug when glaciers shift, a whisper when the old stones remember. When his grandfather is spirited away and screams echo that "the Griddons are hatching", Kalli finds journals, a warming seeing stone, and a buried lineage: his grandmother was Huldufolk. Thrust into a collapsing secret world, he must convince Queen Borghildur and a fractured Hidden People to stand openly with humans and alien Ambassadors against creatures that use Iceland's geothermal heart to birth invasion.
As Griddon queens work to tear a hole in reality and Morphytes promise ''evolution'' through violence, Kalli, Erik, and Finna race across haunted glaciers and sunken shipwrecks to sever the portals. With time bleeding away and betrayal closing in, Kali must become the bridge his family never expected-or watch Earth fall to an ancient, unstoppable swarm.
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Language
English
Target group
Young adult
Interest Age: From 13 to 16 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
343 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-947233-91-1 (9781947233911)
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05/2026
Hekla Publishing LLC
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Persons
Ieda Jonasdottir Herman (1925-2019) was born in Reykjavik, Iceland. She immigrated the the United States in 1945 after marrying an American she met while he was stationed with the US Navy in Iceland during World War II.
She earned a degree from the Institute of Children's Literature in 2009. She published her first book in 2014 at the age of 88, a childhood memoir entitled "Growing Up Viking: Fond Memories of Iceland"(originally published under the title "Trolls - Monster Worm - Hidden People: Fond Memories of Iceland.").
In 2016, she released a young adult novel "The Silver Arrow."The following year, she published a historical fiction version of her memoir, calling it "Viking Kids Don't Cry." That year she also co-authored a cookbook "Homestyle Icelandic Cooking for American Kitchens," and released a motivational adult coloring book "Happiness in Living Color."