Summer 970. Unnthor Reginsson's family gathers in the house of the dying patriarch. Everyone knows that he returned rich from military campaigns, and there are rumors that he brought with him a whole chest of gold, which becomes the cause of discord among his heirs. Now the sons of Unntor have returned to their father, but none of them wants to honor the memory of their parent, and soon in the house where peace previously reigned, blood will be shed and brother will go against brother. But no one yet knows that this murder will not be the first, and some of those gathered in the family nest of Unntor have a darkness in their hearts that will stop at nothing. In an atmosphere of general mistrust and suspicion, the family must find the killer before it is too late.