Kieran Culkin will narrate the audiobook versions of Rick Riordan’s next two books!
Actor Kieran Culkin is joining Rick Riordan’s Magnus Chase universe as the narrator for two upcoming audiobooks!
Culkin, who is best known of his roles in Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, Igby Goes Down, and The Cider House Rules will first take on the Magnus Chase companion book The Hotel Valhalla Guide to the Norse Worlds. Rick Riordan describes the book as “a guide for new einherjar who have just arrived in Valhalla and need to know about the Nine Worlds, the hotel, the monsters they might face, and of course the gods.”
Check out an audiobook sample of Kieran reading The Hotel Valhalla Guide To the Norse Worlds below.
From there, he’ll take on the next major book in the Magnus Chase series, The Hammer of Thor. The novel will continue Magnus’ adventures and will introduce some new characters, according to the author.
Rick Riordan first announced the news on his blog.
The Hammer of Thor hits bookshelves on October 4, 2016. You can preorder it now via Amazon.