From the publisher:
Since the decline of central power in Western Europe, many ancient and completely new cultures of belief have been allowed to flourish. The grasp of monotheism, and the divisions arising between the varying sects of the faithful, has ebbed away as the people seek their own answers to their barriers to advancement. One of the most popular emerging doctrines are the Testament of Solstice, a warrior cult led by the charismatic Ayah Dagan. Dagan has spent the past five years in Iceland where she was embraced as a Seer, waiting for her opportunity to lead her people into the mainland and take advantage of the fall of old dogmas. Dagan’s forces have grown to eight thousand strong and have conquered vast swathes of Scandinavian territory. With sword in hand, Dagan now wishes to re-launch the Norse raids against the fractured British Isles.