A tale set in Viking Greenland at the turn of the ninth century follows the intertwined lives of three women straddling the pagan past and Christian future, from the slave Katla, who anticipates the promise of a new land; to Bibrau, the daughter born to Katla after a brutal rape; to the prophetess Thorbjorg, who teaches Norse magic to Bibrau.
- ISBN10 0670034649
- ISBN13 9780670034642
- Publish Date 19 January 2006
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 3 April 2013
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Viking Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 450
- Language English