On the eve of his knoghting, Will Odosson learns his wyrd, or destiny: He shall meet death before a year has passed. Will rushes North to release his betrothed from their engagement, but on the way he is beset by all manner of horriors - a man-eating troll, carniverous mermaids, a magis-working dragon...and something far worse: an evil unlike anything Will ever imagined.
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