This is the story of the times when the Danish Vikings questioned the very existence of Britain, when all the English kingdoms were on the verge of destruction. And only King Alfred, the only ruler in the history of England, called the Great, was determined to defend the independence of the island. The hero of the novel, Uhtred, kidnapped by the Danes in infancy and raised by them as a Viking who worships the northern gods, having matured, is forced to decide on whose side he will fight. Should I defend my true homeland or take the side of the conquerors? He must make this choice himself, not hoping that fate rules everything. The first novel in the “Saxon Chronicles” series. For the first time in Russian!