"The law is my shadow. But she is the sun."
In the frost-locked kingdoms of the North, King Harald rules with iron and honor. To break the law is to break the world. To love a slave is to risk everything.
Liv is no ordinary thrall. Her mind is sharp, her spirit unyielding, and the quiet moments she shares with Harald stir something he has long kept buried. But desire is dangerous, and whispers of softness in a king's heart can be deadly.
A rival king covets her, and war is inevitable. An ancient witch whispers of a fate darker than any sword, a warning that the laws of men cannot contain.
Under a rising moon, Harald and Liv must confront love, duty, and destiny itself. In a world where the gods remain silent, some bonds are too powerful to remain human...