An Ancient Blade, Fit For The Gods But Tainted With A Deadly Curse.bjarki Bloodhand Has Finally Managed To Subdue His Gandr, The Spirit That Gives Him The Ferocity Of A Bear In Battle. Yet Losing His Berserker Prowess May Leave Him At The Mercy Of His Foes.meanwhile, His Half-sister, The Shield Maiden Tor Hildarsdottir, Has Slain Two Warriors From The Personal Retinue Of The New Jarl Of Norrland And Now Faces Brutal Reprisals For Their Deaths.valtyr Far-traveller Claims He Has A Solution To Their Problems: A Long Voyage South To The Wild Slav Lands To Find A Fabled Lost Sword Said To Once Belong To The Norse Trickster God.the Journey Will Prove More Perilous Than Anything Bjarki Or Tor Has Ever Attempted Before. Can All Three Heroes Hope To Survive The Desperate Hunt For.