In ninth-century Norway, a land fractured by thirty warring kingdoms, power is a prize for the bold. Åsa, the fifteen-year-old daughter of a Norse king, dreams of becoming a shield-maiden—but her world shatters when she rejects a ruthless warlord.
His fury brings devastation, leaving Åsa’s father and brother dead and her people at his mercy. Captured and faced with an impossible choice, she must wed her father’s killer to protect her clan. But vengeance burns within her, and becoming his queen might be her only path to justice.
In a time of war and treachery, Åsa must outwit her enemies and claim her destiny. Will she rise to wield the power she craves—or lose everything to the man who stole her world?
