Thorfinn, son of just one of the Vikings’ greatest warriors, is amongst the best fighters when you look at the merry musical organization of mercenaries run by the cunning Askeladd, an extraordinary feat for someone their age.
but, Thorfinn just isn’t an element of the team for the plunder it entails—instead, for having triggered their household great tragedy, the child has vowed to destroy Askeladd in a reasonable duel.
perhaps Not yet skilled sufficient to beat him, but struggling to abandon their vengeance, Thorfinn spends the mercenary crew to his boyhood, honing their abilities regarding the battlefield among the list of war-loving Danes, where killing is simply another pleasure of life.
1 day, whenever Askeladd gets term that Danish prince Canute was taken hostage, he hatches a plot—one that is ambitious will determine the second King of England and drastically affect the everyday everyday lives of Thorfinn, Canute, and himself.