The Ship of the Dead is a young-adult fantasy novel based on Norse mythology written by American author Rick Riordan.
Magnus and Alex Fierro travel to the Chase Mansion, where they recover notes written by Randolph at different points in time.
Mallory Keen, Halfborn Gunderson, Thomas Jefferson Jr., Samirah al-Abbas and Alex accompany Magnus, while they plan to pick up Blitzen and Hearthstone along the way.
The crew's conversation is heard by the Nine Billow Maidens, who take them to the court of Aegir, where they discover Hearth and Blitz are being held prisoner.
Instead, he expresses the love and trust he has for his crew and pities Loki for his evident loneliness, as even his wife Sigyn abandons him.
Loki shrinks to the size of a nut upon hearing Magnus's words, and he is imprisoned in a walnut given to Mallory earlier by Frigg.
Magnus and his friends go to Vigridr, the Last Battlefield, and meet the gods, who congratulate them for defeating Loki and delaying Ragnarök.
Rick Riordan announced The Ship of the Dead on the same day of the release of The Hammer of Thor, the second book of the Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard trilogy.
[5] To promote The Ship of the Dead, Riordan went on a nine-day tour around the United States beginning on October 3, 2017.