1043 AD. Orphan boys, Bjarke and Hakon, become foster sons to the Norse Jarl, Eysteinn Orri.Growing to manhood in eleventh century Norway, the boys hunting exploits will help prepare them to become warriors under their King, Harald Sigurdsson (Hardrada) 1066 AD. The year of three battles in England; Fulford, Stamford and Hastings find the Norse and the Normans fighting the Saxons for the right to the throne. Kings, Norse Jarls and English Earls will die, along with thousands of men as a real life "Game of Thrones" plays out in early autumn of that year.As great men plan and wage war in the pursuit of power, the ordinary men like Bjarke, Hakon and Fenrir their huge Elkhound, will step into fleeting fame and history as the year of Saxon England's conquest unfolds. Paying the price as they stand in the shieldwall amidst spear thrusts, sword strokes and axe blows, they fight for their Lord.