The Valkyries have passed judgment. Kriss of Valnor has been sent back to Midgard, free to live a new life… on one condition: should she kill anyone or anything, she herself will be struck down. Befriended by Hildebrun, daughter of King Gustavson, she suddenly finds herself in the midst of intense political scheming, caught between the threat of Emperor Magnus, invading from the south, and a new, mysterious healer-king who''s trying to unite the Vikings…