This book picks up where Huscarl left off - on the blood-soaked battlefield of Hastings. Duke William has declared Olaf the most wanted man in England. The book follows Olaf’s attempt to escape and carry on the fight with an English legend, Hereward the Wake. After the death of William the Conqueror in 1087, his son William Rufus continues to persecute Olaf until he teams up with Prince Henry whom Olaf aids in his quest to become King of England.