Canute is expected to take the throne someday, but King Sweyn is reluctant to believe he will be ready. Forcing him to become a man has put him in extreme danger, because whoever hold Canute yields the power to the throne of England.

Sigurd returns home to Iceland to face the horrible Halfdan, but a father and a king can only be as good as his word a blessing he refuses to bestow to Sigurd without a fight. All the while, Gudrid joins Thorfinn and the crew on their journey to Thorfinn's childhood home, where Halfdan s presence looms mightily However, with some help from fresh faces and promising volunteers, the day the ships set off for Vinland is imminent.

Thorfinn's hopes for freedom could be dashed when Canute plans to take the Ketil Farm.

When Thorfinn's unparalleled strength as a fighter is confirmed, he is roped into combat as a top contender to lead the Jomsvikings. Meanwhile, Floki plots to ensure that his grandson becomes successor, and sends his subordinate Garm after Thorfinn.

It's the 2070s, and mankind has conquered space, making interplanetary travel possible and igniting the imaginations of the world. It's also vastly increased the amount of dangerous space debris, and someone has to clean it up. Hachimaki, Yuri, and Fee are a crew on that beat, each with their own goals, tendencies, and personal problems: Hachimaki dreams of deep-space exploration in his own ship, Yuri is still recovering from the death of his wife...

Ketil's farm maybe confiscated because the king's resources are being depleted, so Ketil and his sons have become fugitives in order to survive.

Troubled Waters Free at last, Thorfinn sets off on an expedition to Vinland, to establish a place free?of war and slavery. In an effort to fund his project, Thorfinn visits Iceland where?Halfdan, a wealthy man who shared a dark history with his late father, awaits.?Meanwhile, the marriage between Halfdans son Sigurd and Leif s relative Gudrid?are well under way, but Gudrid dreams of becoming a sailor, not a bride. A battle?soon breaks out as Gudrid...