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Just to see them is to see your own doom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut if your foe wields the old magics, sometimes calling on the oldest magic of all is your only hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis EBOOK will be delivered by a BookFunnel email.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTHIS IS A PREORDER FOR AN EBOOK THAT WILL BE DELIVERED ON JULY 14, 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ratatoskr Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51048274624810,"sku":"VW16","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0693\/9901\/9818\/files\/AshesShopifyeBook.png?v=1768233919"},{"product_id":"snare-in-the-blind-alley-a-viking-witch-mystery","title":"Snare in the Blind Alley: A Viking Witch Mystery (PAPERBACK)","description":"\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif; font-size: 22px;\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003eIngrid Torfudottir moved to the North Shore of Lake Superior intending to live with her grandmother while pursuing a career as a book illustrator. Instead, she discovered her true calling as a volva—a Viking witch—serving a village founded in the Viking age by Norse settlers escaping some terrible enemy whose identity was lost to time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif; font-size: 22px;\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003eNow she lives in the hidden town of Villmark full-time. But her Villmarker friend Kara, undergoing a high-risk pregnancy, needs Ingrid’s help navigating the modern world. Or, at least, the slice of it represented by the world’s largest inland port where ocean-going ships bring goods from around the world: Duluth, Minnesota. For someone whose life has always been confined to the protective bubble of her Viking-descending community, the city overwhelms. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif; font-size: 22px;\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003eBut Kara and her husband, with the help of some of Ingrid’s other friends, settle in to a cozy little apartment in a historic building close to the clinic and the hospital. A few months away from all she knows just might be doable for Kara.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif; font-size: 22px;\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003eYet Ingrid worries. Because something strange keeps happening in the alley behind that building. The building, with its long history, is a haven for ghosts. 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