Edwin is a king. Yet he is about to be betrayed and butchered. Edwin, the long-exiled king of Northumbria thought he had found sanctuary at the court of King Raedwald - his friend, and now protector. But Raedwald faces the lure of riches and the treat of bloodshed, and Ewin fears that he will be abandoned to his enemies. As Edwin contemplates his fate, a mysterious messenger prophesies that he will ascend to greater heights than any of his forefathers. Can Edwin escape the fearsome warrior king who is calling for his blood? Do the Anglo-Saxon Gods of old, or the new god from across the sea, really have the power to raise Edwin above all other kings?