#1 – A Time for Swords
In 793, novice monk Hunlaf is present when Viking raiders attack the monastery of Lindisfarne. The slaughter forces him to take up a sword, challenging the teaching and identity that have shaped his life. As Northumbria struggles to understand the new threat from the sea, Hunlaf…
#2 – A Night of Flames
In 794, Hunlaf and the Norseman Runolf sail to Rogaland on a Northumbrian mission to seek an alliance and strengthen the kingdom's naval defences. Their journey also gives them the chance to pursue family ties, old grievances and a forbidden book. In Norway they encounter a…
#3 – A Day of Reckoning
In 796, Hunlaf and his companions voyage to the Emirate of al-Andalus in search of an object believed capable of altering the balance of power in Europe. After a clash with pirates, they are taken under guard to Qadis and drawn into rivalries involving the emir's…
#4 – Dominion of Dust
In 797, Hunlaf and his crew travel through Cyprus and the eastern Mediterranean to obtain a Christian relic before agents of the Byzantine empress Eirene can secure it. Betrayal leaves them without their prize and pushes the voyage onward to Jerusalem, where competing authorities and relic…