Although Uhtred has regained his family stronghold, a peaceful life remains elusive, and he is threatened by both an old enemy and a new one. An old enemy approaches from Wessex, where a battle of dynasties will decide who will become the new king. A new enemy, the Norwegian Sköll, has decided to become the king of Northumbria and leads an army of wolf warriors who fight like madmen, as if they really were wolves. Uhtred feels cursed, fighting off one enemy while trying to destroy another. In the new novel of the Saxon Chronicles, an inspiring adventure series full of courage, betrayal, duty, nobility, love and battle, written from the point of view of a warrior who rushes between two worlds, Uhtred again fights for the fate of England. The eleventh novel in the “Saxon Chronicles” series.