Two murders and all changes in Valhol. It takes the murder of his children for Hroðgar to turn on his liege-lord and to see him and the man’s sons’ for what they are. What ensues is a blood-feud that will take Hroðgar and his last remaining son Sigewulf from the frozen wasteland of Valhol, to Bretwealda in the west, and from safety into blood-soaked fields.