NORTHERN BRITAIN 495AD Civil War sweeps the country as the Earldormen of the Anglii tribe fight to replace their King. When her family are massacred in an act of treachery, Averil, daughter of Earldorman Aethelstan, is enslaved and set on a path to fight for her freedom and restore their honour. The keys to her destiny - the love of one man and a secret pact her father made long ago with an enemy King.