Vikings come raiding along the English coast in the eight century. A young boy and his mother are taken to a remote fjord. Forced to be the salve of an old warrior the young boy forms a bond. When he kills a wolf and saves the old man's lifethe boy wins his freedom. He fights for the freedom of his home until he and his step father are forced to leave their home and seek their fortune in the west. They have to fight the Saxons to build their new home. Based on historical events the story is the first in a series of books called Dragon Heart.