For the frozen shores of Sweden, a freak lightning storm reveals the skeleton of a giant guy, his bony fist gripped tight towards the shaft of an ancient iron hammer. It isn’t every day the remains of a Norse god and his battle hammer show up on a beach, and the occult detective known as Hellboy knows that whatever is normally coming next won’t be enjoyable. Acclaimed horror article writer Christopher Golden joins pushes with award-winning comic-book writer/designer Mike Mignola in crafting this stunning and suspenseful prose addition to the Hellboy saga.