A Life Without Purpose After the assassination of King Sweyn and the execution of Askeladd
Thorfinn lost the object of his vengeance his sense of purpose and his freedom. Now a broken
young man he labors far from the battlefield clearing a forest for his slave master's farm
alongside the amiable Einar. But a sudden and brutal tragedy will shock Thorfinn out of his
apathy and force him to answer the question "Do I still want to live?"