Publisher's Synopsis
War and betrayal have destroyed the capital and the emperor is dead. The desperate survivors flee the living hell as the wildfire of war runs rampant. Harken, a Varangian warrior, one of the emperor's personal bodyguards, flees from his failures with a great heap of treasure pilfered from the imperial vaults and seeks solace from the pain in his heart and the torment in his mind. By his mighty zweihander, Harken carves a bloody path north, but to what end, he alone knows. The casting of bones rumbles with each life he takes, with chaos dancing in his wake. Comrades gather, tensions rise, and the fellowship threatens to break from the strain of paranoia and greed. Monsters and men clash in this bloody journey fraught with hunger and misery.
