Two stepsisters encounter the gods and giants of Norse mythology as they face their
intertwining destinies and an ominous prophecy in this powerful novel from the acclaimed author
of The Witch's Heart.Oddny and Gunnhild meet as children and they could not be more different.
Oddny longs for a quiet peaceful life. Gunnhild on the other hand burns for power secretly
longing to harness the magic that flows inside of her and one day become queen. But after a
visiting wise woman makes an ominous prophecy that involves them both the girls take a blood
oath to help each other always. When Oddny's mother is killed and her sister kidnapped by
Viking raiders she finds herself set adrift from the life she imagined. Gunnhild who fled her
home years ago to learn the ways of a witch is on her way to her exalted destiny. When they
find each other again their bond will be tested in ways they could never had imagined in this
rich novel of magic history and sworn sisterhood.
