The Ship of the Dead
by Rick Riordan
The Ship of the Dead is the third and final Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard novel by Rick Riordan, first published by Disney-Hyperion in the United States on 3 October 2017. Magnus and his crew sail to the edges of Jotunheim and Niflheim to stop Loki. Puffin issued the UK edition the same year.
- Editions tracked
- 4
- First edition
- Disney-Hyperion, 2017
- First published
- Disney-Hyperion, 2017
- First UK edition
- Puffin, 2017
The first edition of The Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan was published in New York by Disney-Hyperion in 2017. We track 4 editions.
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First edition
- 1st Disney-Hyperion2017 Hardback · Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard 3 I own The Ship of the Dead, Disney-Hyperion 2017 Log in to want this
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- Disney-Hyperion2017 Hardback · Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard 3 I own Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Disney-Hyperion 2017 Log in to want this
- Puffin2017 Paperback · Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard 3 I own The Ship of the Dead, Puffin 2017 Log in to want this
- Puffin2017 Hardback · Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard 3 I own The Ship of the Dead, Puffin 2017 Log in to want this
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- Editions recorded
- 26 on Open Library, 11 in English
From Wikidata and Open Library, both CC0. A prize or a new adaptation often lifts demand for the first printing.
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Who published the first edition of The Ship of the Dead?
The first edition of The Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan was published in New York by Disney-Hyperion in 2017.
How many editions of The Ship of the Dead are there?
We track 4 editions of The Ship of the Dead, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Where these facts come from
- The Ship of the Dead, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Magnus Chase: The Ship of the Dead (Puffin, 2017), Open Library (openlibrary.org)
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