Deadlocked by a legend, Kellach must find her kidnapped mother to remove the Dark Druid's curse and save her people from the rampaging Norse. Bruic the Badger must find local trading ports for the Norse in order to save his sons, who are held hstage by a Norseman, and to find his siblings, lost during his youth. Neither has time for love. Ah! Fate and circumstance tak the advantage away from them