From the bestselling author of A Natural History of Dragons comes a thrilling epic fantasy of treachery, lies and witchcraftThe bondmaid Hervor is used to dead men whispering in her sleep. They''ve been doing it for as long as she can remember; it''s the living she has to watch out for. And when a new arrival at her holding triggers her into a berserker fury, she''s forced to flee the contract that enslaves her and into the arms of an uncertain future.Unchained from the living, Hervor goes in search of a way to silence the dead, but it will take much more than grit and determination to make that happen. She''ll need the help of a ruthless Viking, an ailing jarl, a mad witch, and more—for the treachery that killed her ghosts isn''t nearly as dead as they are, and the path to peace must first traverse a river of blood.
