This is a world of blood, claws and sharp blades, a world of premature and painful death…
On the battle-plain of Vigrið, where the gods died centuries ago, rumours of war are spreading, and so glory-seeking jarls and self-proclaimed kings are summoning their faithful. And while they form up and hastily forge new alliances, they search for anything that might increase their chances in the coming battles. The bones of dead gods, the magic-soaked blood of the tainted, or the dreaded monsters that poured out of the Vaesen Pit after the fall of Snaka – all these things can give them a considerable advantage in the ensuing chaos, and perhaps even the coveted victory.
Meanwhile, the unyielding Orka is tracking her husband's murderers who have kidnapped her only son, the escaped slave Varg finds himself among the Bloodsworn, whose deeds are sung by skalds at evening fires, and the home of the brave shieldmaiden Elva becomes a longship full of furious warriors. But the threads of fate have long been ruled by a higher power, and it has its own plans for the trio of unusual heroes…
The first volume of an award-winning fantasy saga set in a Norse-inspired world full of myth, magic and violence.
