Sigrid is a Shield-Maiden who all yearns to get away from the limitations of her father’s house and sign up for the Sworn Guys in an actual raiding expedition. When a small diplomatic party that includes members of the Shield-Brethren lands at her family’s securing Gottland, the party’s second in control, Halldor, sees in Sigrid a vision of beauty and power that might challenge – and even destroy – many men. And when bloody chaos ensues at a nearby Viking fishing community, Sigrid proves she has more than mere talent: she’s Vor – the fate view – an astonishing concentrate in fighting that units her apart from nearly all who’ve ever lived and places her in the rare company of the best possible Shield-Brethren. But as Sigrid and her family confront her otherworldly ability, will it prove to be a gift to become celebrated, or an affliction to become cured?