When the gods begin war, there is no place for trivialities. A century later, its echo still rings. The losers are sent along the road of souls with the dead; the winners challenge fate.
The warriress Orka dreams of taking the path of revenge. Elvar, the daughter of a noble jarl, hungers for glory on the battlefield, and the former slave Varg seeks the murderer of his sister. One day, their hands will hold the fate of an entire harsh, merciless world, shrouded in the shadow of the gods.
This century will become an age of storms and killings. It is a saga soaked in blood.