I will carry fire and sword across the land, and vengeance will be my only comfort A call for help from Mercia reaches the warrior Uhtred. He is to come to the aid of a besieged city. But the distress call was only a ruse to lure him away from Northumbria. There, in Uhtred's absence, a formidable foe invades: the Northman Sköll Grimmarson, at his side a feared sorcerer and his army of Úlfhéðnar, wolf warriors who will stop at nothing. The enemy takes from Uhtred the dearest thing he has, and the pain almost kills him. But he who wants revenge must be cool and wise...
I will carry fire and sword across the land, and revenge will be my only comfort A call for help from Mercia reaches the warrior Uhtred. He is to come to the aid of a besieged city. But the distress call was only a ruse to lure him away from Northumbria. There, in Uhtred's absence, a formidable foe invades: the Northman Sköll Grimmarson, at his side a feared sorcerer and his army of Úlfhéðnar, wolf warriors who will stop at nothing. The enemy takes from Uhtred the dearest thing he has, and the pain almost kills him. But those who want revenge must be cool and clever....
