More epic adventure from the Northlands, as once again Beowulf Wagmunding, Earl of Slane, and his cousin Hawkeye, Earl of Karron Tha, do battle with the forces of evil.
Beowulf repays a debt of honour due to Rothgar, King of the Dan, by freeing his land from the fiends known as Grendel and his dam. But in the land of Danmark there lurks human evil more insidious than that of any fiend …
Meanwhile, aided by Beowulf’s mystic half-sister Ljani (who is hopelessly in love with him) Hawkeye storms the stronghold of the evil Queen of Shadron Mor in a desperate attempt to rescue his infant son, and the wife he does not love.
Eugen of Brabanne, Lord of Targon, remains enigmatic as ever. Is his interest in Hawkeye’s wife simply lecherous, or has he a political motive too?
As ever, good triumphs over evil. For the time being, that is. For in his remote stronghold in the East, Ragnar of Torre, the most evil man in the world, still weaves his plots. Indeed, is he really a man, or a timeless fiend from Muspelheim, Land of the Fire? And, most monstrous thought of all, is there something of Ragnar of Torre to be found in every man…?