While Jarl Dragonheart is campaigning far from home, enemies strike at the lands and people he has left behind. He returns to find that the attack is not an isolated raid but part of a wider challenge, and his response becomes a campaign of vengeance against opponents connected with the growing power of Wessex.
The war is complicated by evidence of betrayal within his own circle. Dragonheart must therefore fight on two fronts: openly against warriors who threaten his territory and quietly against spies whose loyalty cannot be assumed. The pursuit of revenge becomes a test of judgement as he tries to distinguish genuine allies from men who have learned to hide treachery behind familiar faces.
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