In an Angle-land riven by contesting Danes... "Are you always fighting Fate and the will of the Gods? Then you will be thwarted at every turn..." Ashild has not forgotten this advice given her by her step-father Sidroc.
Yet she owns nothing but the jewels about her neck - and the secrets she carries with her.
Dagmar is beautiful and poised; very much a King\'s daughter.
Hrald of Four Stones has fallen in love with Dagmar, the daughter of dead King Guthrum, who once ruled all Anglia.
In an Angle-land riven by contesting Danes..