The Clockwork Rainbow

When twelve-year-old Astrid Vale discovers a glowing compass hidden inside her grandmother’s broken telescope, she expects a mystery—not a doorway to the Nine Realms. The compass sends Astrid and her younger brother, Finn, racing through time and space, from a Viking village beneath the aurora to a starship sailing between worlds. There they learn that the legendary Bifrost is not a bridge of light, but an ancient machine built to connect every age in the universe. Now its shattered gears are pulling history apart. Odin’s ravens are vanishing, monsters from forgotten myths are slipping into the future, and a ruthless time-lord named Skadi wants to rewrite every world so only her frozen kingdom survives. Guided by a mischievous talking raven, a young shield-maiden, and a robot who believes it is a dwarf blacksmith, Astrid must gather the lost pieces of the Bifrost before the final hour disappears. Packed with Norse legends, strange planets, daring escapes, heartfelt sibling moments, and thrilling time-travel twists, The Clockwork Rainbow is an imaginative adventure about courage, family, and choosing what the future becomes.