For fans of the historical television series “VIKINGS”, which received record ratings and rave reviews from viewers. A NEW novel about the great era of the Vikings, whose longships, smelling of iron and blood, terrified all of Europe. A Slavic youth, taken prisoner by the Varangians during a raid, grows into a formidable warrior and a famous skald, whose songs are passed on from mouth to mouth from the Svei fiords to Gardariki, and the irresistible sword sent so many heroes to Valhalla that the Valkyries were exhausted, and at the feast Odin no longer has enough places. What does Skald keep in the bloody paradise of battles? Who leads him from victory to victory? Norman aces - or Slavic gods? Thor's Hammer - or Perun's Kolovrat? The sacrifices of the Varangian priests - or the spell of the Slavic Magi that protects from evil? Will he be able to forget his lost homeland, his native language, his mother’s face - or will he sacrifice everything, even immortality, just to return home?