After the death of Sokn’s High King and the theft of volatile bloodstone runes at the hands of rebel Ama Taugr necromancers, Jarl Engier War-Blood unites the northern clans in an effort to defend a rundown fortress situated over the last Sokn bloodstone mine. The rare mineral is the only source of power known to raise the dead and when the necromancers come for it, Engier and his allies quickly find themselves cornered and outnumbered by an army of walking dead... moreAfter the death of Sokn’s High King and the theft of volatile bloodstone runes at the hands of rebel Ama Taugr necromancers, Jarl Engier War-Blood unites the northern clans in an effort to defend a rundown fortress situated over the last Sokn bloodstone mine. The rare mineral is the only source of power known to raise the dead and when the necromancers come for it, Engier and his allies quickly find themselves cornered and outnumbered by an army of walking dead. During the height of battle, Sokn is hit by a series of earthquakes strong enough to break the land apart. Engier and fellow Jarl, Brenna Kaesia, watch helplessly as the peninsula splits off from the mainland and drifts out to sea. With the undead silenced by the effects of the quakes, Engier is forced to lead the remaining clans up to the peaks of Freyja’s Grace to seek answers from the pariahs known as the Skeyth. A group of exiles with a questionable past and violent reputation, but who also possess powerful magic. However, even they can't stop Sokn from striking another landmass. Believing they have been cursed to wander the dimension of Utgard—the home of the giants, Engier and Brenna rally the last of their people in a desperate attempt to survive this new world. Unfortunately, the Northmen’s arrival has not gone unnoticed by the only race thriving in the chaotic weeks following the cataclysm. However, the Northmen are not the only ones to survive the journey from Sokn and when the Skeyth’s vile actions lead Engier and Brenna to war, the Northman find an ally in Talohna’s Guardian Pact. Together they must face a foe unlike any they have fought before. less
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