The Valhalla Prophecy

The Valhalla Prophecy is a adventure, action, historical novel written by Andy McDermott. It was originally published in 2014. The book is the ninth in Nina Wilde & Eddie Chase series, sequel of Temple Of The Gods and followed by Kingdom of Darkness.

Summary
MYSTERIOUS RUNESTONES. AN ANCIENT VIKING MYTH. AND A PROPHECY OF LIFE OR DEATH.

In a Stockholm museum, thieves steal an enormous Norse runestone, but not before killing a security guard. When Nina Wilde, head of the International Heritage Agency (IHA), and her husband, ex-mercenary Eddie Chase, arrive to investigate, they are told a chilling story: A scholar has discovered that the stone may be one of two keys to finding the mythological site of Valhalla, where the Vikings predicted the world’s final battle would begin. The second stone lies at the bottom of a Norwegian lake. But when Nina and Eddie race to the scene, they’re hit with a shocking surprise.

Covert agents from around the world, including a ruthless mole in the IHA, are drawn into a lethal game. Then a disturbing secret surfaces from Eddie’s past, involving a mission in Vietnam and a woman he tried to save. Suddenly suspicious of her own husband, Nina cannot afford to stop the perilous search for the artifact. For somewhere in a remote wilderness, two forces are about to converge: one that could save the world. . . and one that could destroy it.

Plot
In Novaya Zemlya, Northern Russia, 30 October 1961, Serafim Volkov comes out of a hole with the younger accomplice, Surnin, violating the orders of Nikita Khrushchev. He sees a rubble of buildings destroyed by Khrushchev, where he worked in a secret experiment. It is explained that the reason he's there is because he was working on nuclear tests for seven years and discovered the Viking runes which were translated in Old Norse. These runes mention Valhalla. The Soviet Union had turned its back on him but America wants to fund his research. His pilot is waiting on a fishing boat but Surnin realizes that the dogs have heard something. Volkov says it's a plane, one of their bombers. The two go up on a sled and the dogs take them away from there.

In New York, Oswald Seretse is disappointed to see Nina and Eddie's resignation from IHA. She says she wants to restrict all information about what they found, for reasons of global security. As they exit out of the building, Eddie tries to reassure her but Nina says that soon she's going to die because the eitr infected her. But she'll regret a thing: not being the mother of Eddie's children.

Characters

 * Nina Wilde — The story's main protagonist.
 * Eddie Chase
 * Serafim Volkov
 * Surnin
 * Nikita Khrushchev
 * Eisenhov
 * Oswald Seretse
 * Matt Trulli
 * Dr Skilfinger
 * Grant Thorn