Near the end of Jón Jónsson’s life, when he was a very old man, Tyr appeared to him again. Jón was nearly blind by this time and did not recognize him.

“Are you Jón Jónsson?” asked Tyr.

“I haven’t gone by that name in many years,” Jón said. “And who might you be?”

“Why, it’s your old friend, Tyr!” he said. “I have something for you!”

“I’m not interested,” said Jón.

“Even if it might make you very rich?”

“Especially if it might make me rich,” said Jón.

“Don’t be daft!” said Tyr. “I owe you a debt, Jón Jónsson. Don’t think I’ve forgotten about the gold I said I’d keep for you.”

“You don’t owe me anything,” said Jón. “The debt is forgiven.”

The moment he spoke those words, Tyr disappeared in a puff of smoke. Jón never saw him again, and he lived the rest of his days a free and happy man.

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MILLARD NULLINGS is an accomplished philologist, a renowned scholar, and a former ward of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. While in residence there, he earned over twenty correspondence degrees, authored the world’s most comprehensive history of a single day on a small island, and helped vanquish a couple of truly nasty monsters. He is allergic to grimbear dander and almond butter. He cannot be seen with the naked eye.

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RANSOM RIGGS is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children novels. Riggs was born on a farm in Maryland and grew up in southern Florida. He studied literature at Kenyon College and film at the University of Southern California. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, bestselling author Tahereh Mafi.

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ANDREW DAVIDSON graduated from the Royal College of Art with a Masters in Graphic Design. Davidson has worked as an illustrator in a number of different disciplines, but craft and design have always been the cornerstones of his work. His varied career has included wood engravings for The Iron Man by Ted Hughes, more than twelve sets of stamps for The Royal Mail, and the glass etched doors for the Centre Court at Wimbledon. He is married to his wife, Julia, and has two sons, Lewis and Hugh.

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