In a divided land where Viking warlords struggle for supremacy amid the fells and fjords, a traumatised youth grows to manhood, haunted by dreams of another life…
His parents murdered when he was a baby, his foster father Harald Agder-king killed by Herthjof of Hordaland, Starkad spends much of his youth lounging by the fireside in the house of the enigmatic Grani Horsehair.
But when his foster brother Vikar Haraldsson visits his home, Starkad awakes from his slumber to put his first foot on the path of ambition. Vikar is his companion, vengeance his intention. Yet they are two boys against an empire. How can they ever dream of success?
His parents murdered when he was a baby, his foster father Harald Agder-king killed by Herthjof of Hordaland, Starkad spends much of his youth lounging by the fireside in the house of the enigmatic Grani Horsehair.
But when his foster brother Vikar Haraldsson visits his home, Starkad awakes from his slumber to put his first foot on the path of ambition. Vikar is his companion, vengeance his intention. Yet they are two boys against an empire. How can they ever dream of success?
