— a warrior hero from a mythic age. The Old Gods hod blessed him. Three lifetimes hod been Odin's gift. The Old Gods hod cursed him. Each life must end in Thor-ordained betrayal. Now Storkodder was old and life-weary, death-weary. Feared as a mighty warrior, he was fearful of the last betrayal he must commit. Ahead lay one final journey through the ice-bleak lands of the North. Sworn oaths of loyalty bound him to his companion. Blood-feud divided them. The sword he carried was cursed, fate-forged. Yet the Gods themselves were doomed. Too late—for he hod long struggled against their rule—their powers were waning. Soon a bright cold sun would rise in the South to freeze them into shadowed oblivion.

In ancient Sweden, Hather Lambisson, falsely honored as the killer of Starkadder, leads a party on a desperate quest to kill the murderous Vargr, a creature spreading deadly sorcery across the northern land

Norn and Magician both knew the Yngling dynasty was tainted with madness and ultimately doomed. The god Odin had one slim chance of defeating his awesome opponents. This book tells the tale of Odin's struggle against the combined powers of magic and treachery.