Anton Stone, a scholar and Nordic linguist from Baltimore is out of a job because he is Swedish. The world has a large amount of rage boiling under the surface for anyone of Scandinavian ancestry since the True Norse ripped open the sky and marched their conquering armies into northern Denmark in 1997. The people of Earth won the war and sent the Norse armies back through their tear, but Anton grew up around the persistent stain of prejudice and hatred. It made him want to protect the people society had outcast, but just wanting something doesn't pay the bills.Anton decides to give a job in government one more chance after an attack in Cuba involving people using magical Nordic affinities caused waves of violent backlash throughout the world. He joins up with the Nordic Threat Analysis Team (N-TAT) in an effort to help the government understand where the real threat is, and show what it isn't.His new team seems to be one of the few places where Anton can do some good, but he uncovers a mysterious group trying to undo everything. Anton must race against the looming danger to understand who is really pulling the strings. But, there seems to be a traitor in his team, and if he doesn't learn his true potential then losing his friends will be the best case scenario.
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