From the cover:
"Raised to be a warrior, seventeen-year-old Eelyn fights alongside her Aska clansmen in an ancient rivalry against the Riki clan. Her life is brutal but simple: fight and survive. Until the day she sees the impossible on the battlefield — her brother, fighting with the enemy — the brother she watched die five years ago.
Faced with her brother's betrayal, she must survive the winter in the mountains with the Riki, in a village where every neighbor is an enemy, every battle scar possibly one she delivered. But when the Riki village is raided by a ruthless clan thought to be a legend, Eelyn is even more desperate to get back to her beloved family.
She is given no choice but to trust Fiske, her brother’s friend, who sees her as a threat. They must do the impossible: unite the clans to fight together, or risk being slaughtered one by one. Driven by a love for her clan and her growing love for Fiske, Eelyn must confront her own definition of loyalty and family while daring to put her faith in the people she’s spent her life hating."
I read this too fast to take notes! Gahhhh!
The synopsis from the cover gives you a pretty good idea of what to expect. Eelyn is fighting in a battle against the Riki clan, and one of the Riki gets the best of her. He's about to kill her when her brother, who died years ago, materializes out of nowhere and stops him. After the battle, her father convinces her that it was his spirit, sent by Sigr to protect her. She's almost sold on the idea...until the Aska go to battle a second time against the Riki and she sees him again. This time she follows Iri, and she ends up being taken captive by his warrior brother.
As winter sets in, she finds herself a slave to the Riki family who took her brother in after he fell to what she presumed to be his death. At first Eelyn is angry. She can't understand why her brother betrayed his clan by staying with the Riki instead of returning home to the Aska, and she wants to hate Fiske, his mother, and his younger brother for taking Iri away from her. The more time she spends with them, however, the more she begins to realize that rival clan or no, the Riki are a lot like her own people--looking out for their own, caring for each other, keeping their clan safe. When the unthinkable happens and the Riki are raided by the ruthless Herja, Eelyn knows what needs to be done. The Riki and Aska must put aside their blood feud if they have any hope of surviving the Herja...but will she be able to convince the clans to work together?
This book is full of action, emotion, and heart. Eelyn, Fiske, and the others were fantastic characters, the plot was riveting, and I couldn't put it down. If you're a fan of fierce female warriors, Viking battle scenes, and the like you'll be a fan of this book.
The synopsis from the cover gives you a pretty good idea of what to expect. Eelyn is fighting in a battle against the Riki clan, and one of the Riki gets the best of her. He's about to kill her when her brother, who died years ago, materializes out of nowhere and stops him. After the battle, her father convinces her that it was his spirit, sent by Sigr to protect her. She's almost sold on the idea...until the Aska go to battle a second time against the Riki and she sees him again. This time she follows Iri, and she ends up being taken captive by his warrior brother.
As winter sets in, she finds herself a slave to the Riki family who took her brother in after he fell to what she presumed to be his death. At first Eelyn is angry. She can't understand why her brother betrayed his clan by staying with the Riki instead of returning home to the Aska, and she wants to hate Fiske, his mother, and his younger brother for taking Iri away from her. The more time she spends with them, however, the more she begins to realize that rival clan or no, the Riki are a lot like her own people--looking out for their own, caring for each other, keeping their clan safe. When the unthinkable happens and the Riki are raided by the ruthless Herja, Eelyn knows what needs to be done. The Riki and Aska must put aside their blood feud if they have any hope of surviving the Herja...but will she be able to convince the clans to work together?
This book is full of action, emotion, and heart. Eelyn, Fiske, and the others were fantastic characters, the plot was riveting, and I couldn't put it down. If you're a fan of fierce female warriors, Viking battle scenes, and the like you'll be a fan of this book.
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