For Dr Erica Skyberg, vivacious curator at Oslo's Vikingship Museum, history and mythology have always been alive and relevant. But a call from the enigmatic Professor Wright about a stolen relic is the start of a journey on which she'll discover it is also personal, magical, and inescapable...
A spurned warrior's despair; a relentless curse born of jealousy and betrayal; a trail leading from 9th century Norway to modern-day England, on a quest for treasure and answers in the City of Runes. If they can somehow find them before a ruthless and cunning killer.