Vikings meets Lord of the Rings in this fast-paced, standalone fantasy adventure from the bestselling author of the Fae War Chronicles. In the harsh northern reaches of the Fae world, Saela Bjarnsbane holds power in her blood that could destroy worlds, and she has spent her life learning the sacred mysteries of the sorcery inherited from her ancestors. As the daughter of the most legendary volta of the Eastern Isles and the leader of the wolf-warrior pack of Eskgard, she was born to lead. When her father and the pack are summoned to the northern mountains to fight a war against the trolls, Saela takes up his mantle in the village. But the enemies of the North have raised an evil far more ancient than any living warrior has faced, and the King's volta sends a warning to Saela, the only one who may be able to stop a killing curse from crashing over their lands and devastating their people. In an epic journey to a mountain told by legend to be the home of the gods, Saela learns that a hero's measure lies not in the sorcery running through her veins, but in the choice to keep fighting for those she loves, no matter the cost.