Normans! They bring death and destruction. When Ragnar Lodbrok and his men attack Paris, young Odo is forced to watch helplessly as his father is killed and his mother kidnapped. He swears revenge. Years later, a manuscript falls into his hands in the monastery of St. Gall. It prophesies the downfall of the pagan world - as soon as the seven deadly sins have been atoned for. Obsessed with the idea of eradicating the scourge of mankind, Odo sets off north to Haithabu ...
