HEATHEN (2022)

The book that started it all... Natasha Alterici's HEATHEN returns to single issue format for our 5th anniversary to launch Vault Reserve, the definitive collector's edition - featuring new and rare covers, as well as exclusive backmatter. Aydis is a viking, a warrior, an outcast, and a self-proclaimed heathen. Aydis is friend to the talking horse Saga, rescuer of the immortal Valkyrie Brynhild, and battler of fantastic monsters. Aydis is a woman. Born into a time of warfare, suffering, and subjugation of women, she is on a mission to end the oppressive reign of the god-king Odin.

The book star started it all returns to the single issue format for our 5th anniversary with Vault Reserve, the definitive collector's edition featuring new cover and exclusive backmatter. Chapter II: The Viking warrior Aydis crosses hellfire to reach the valkyrie Brynhild, only to discover that was the wasy part. Actually getting Brynhild free from Odin's curse is a whole other story. Meanwhile, her talking horse Saga confronts the mystical wolves who will end the world.

Things haven't quite gone as Aydis planned. She's been kidnapped by the goddess Freya. And she's trapped in the impenetrable stronghold of the Valkyries. Escape seems impossible. It's hard enough just resisting Freya's spell. Roles now reversed, Brynhild plans a rescue with help from Saga and a very old friend.

As they set out to free Aydis from the goddess Freya's grasp, Brynhild and Sigurd find trouble brewing in a rural village. Brynhild feels compelled to intervene. Meanwhile, with the help of a quiet ally, Aydis strikes a crucial blow against the enemy.

"Once again Aydis finds herself alone. Now she must journey to the elusive place known as Heimdall, the living gateway to the land of the gods. To get there, she must brave the treacherous waters of the Northern Sea. But hiring a ship proves trickier than she imagined."