Shade Salazar and the Last Magician of Midgard: Book One of The Ragnarok Cycle

For half of his sixteen years, Shade has dreamed of being a famous stage magician, though life with Uncle Neddy has forced him to pursue his dream in secret. But when Shade learns from a mysterious woman that his parents' deaths were no accident, he is faced with a dilemma: does he follow his dream, or does he follow this stranger in a desperate attempt to free a real magician--the only man who can prevent Ragnarok, the Norse apocalypse, from consuming the world.
As Shade struggles to find answers amid mounting opposition from legendary enemies and creatures, there is the frightening realization that success might be the worst possible outcome.