Denmark, AD 870. Yrsa knows her place in the village of Mimirs Stool. Though she was born with a crooked foot, shes never let anyone underestimate her; after all, shes the daughter of Toke the helmsman and granddaughter of the fearsome warrior Gudrun the Torch (who, according to legend, stood before the walls of Paris, splattered in the blood of Frankish warriors). And no one else in the village shares her ability to see what the Norns, the three weavers who live under the roots of Yggdrasil, the world tree, and craft peoples fates, have in store for them.
One day the men return from a raid with a high-ranking hostage, Sister Job, and although the two girls couldnt be more different, they look out for each other. And when one of the villagers viciously assaults Sister Job and she and Yrsa mortally wound him in self-defense, theyre forced to take to the sea to escape the wrath of the warriors of Mimirs Stool, and worse, the wrath of the gods. Can either of them escape their fate? Do they even want to?
From the acclaimed author of Ironhead, or, Once a Young Lady, comes Daughter of Doom, a dark historical adventure about fate, faith, and free will set on the rollicking seas in the age of Vikings.
