'I myself have been in those northern waters, and I have spoken with other men, Icelanders most of them, who have sailed beyond the seas we know. Some spoke of dragons, some spoke of trolls, some spoke of stranger things. Some spoke also of the riches that are to be found in those lands...'
Thorkill the Icelander comes to regret his bragging words to Gorm, Viking king of the Danes. Soon they are sailing for the dangerous lands of Jotunheim, where trolls and monsters lurk...
Few will ever return. Will Thorkill?
And if he does, what horrors yet await him?