The 5th book in the Oathsworn (Oathsworn Brotherhood) series, telling about the fates of Olaf Tryggvason, Orm the Merchant and the brothers of the Oathsworn Brotherhood. The matured Crow Bone made a difficult moral choice, and, rejecting friendship, love, and loyalty to the oath, he paves his bloody path to the Norwegian throne. Now he decides who lives and who dies, which piece is still useful, and which one can be sacrificed in the game of kings.