A Viking chieftain’s son falls for the Sámi outsider he should never want.
Trym Hakonsson knows exactly what kind of man he is supposed to become. As the son of a Norse chieftain, his future has already been decided: he will lead raids, protect Jarnheim, and marry well.
Wanting a man like Hrafn was never part of the plan.
Raised among the Norse after being taken from his Sámi family as a child, Hrafn has spent years surviving as both translator and outsider. Quiet, watchful, and spiritually gifted, he walks the line between two peoples who trust each other only as long as it remains convenient.
When a brutal killing in the wilderness forces them to travel together into the frozen north, attraction grows into something neither man can ignore. But something ancient is waking beneath the tundra. The dead are no longer staying dead, and the boundary between the living world and the spirit world is beginning to fail.
As the dead begin to rise and the boundary between worlds starts to fail, Trym and Hrafn are forced to confront the roles they were raised to play and the lives they actually want.
