Publisher's Synopsis
From the highly esteemed author of the Sevenwaters Trilogy, the first in a brilliant new epic sequence.Growing up on a prosperous farm in Viking Norway, young Eyvind longs for the day when he can become one of Jarl Magnus's elite warriors, the Wolfskins.So begins a story of the far north, set at a time before written historical records began, and full of adventure, rivalry, jealousies, loyalty, love and death -- taking its characters far-distant islands, where living by one's wits can be as valuable as recourse to the sword.
