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The entire year is 878. Uhtred, the son of the Northumbrian master, has assisted the Saxons of Wessex beat the invading Danes. Today, finally free from his allegiance for the successful, ungrateful King Alfred, he's going home to save his stepsister, a captive of Kjartan the Vicious within the solid Danish stronghold of Dunholm. Uhtredis greatest wish is his blade, Snake-Breathing, for his only companions are Hild, a West Saxon nun running her calling, and Guthred, a servant who thinks herself master.