The year is 1066, more than 35 years after Erling Skjalgsson's death. King Harald Hardrada sits on the throne of Norway, and Erling's son Skjalg is lord of Vestland like his father, in an uneasy peace with the power-hungry king. Skjalg's nephew Eystein Orre, who is betrothed to the king's daughter, urges Skjalg to join them on the great adventure of conquering England.
The two men lead a rescue mission to a high mountain farm, where a landslide has buried a family's home. Trapped by another rockslide, they discover one solitary survivor of the farm family -- a young girl whose hold on sanity is shaky. As they struggle to save the girl's life and find a way off the mountain, Skjalg will ponder power and destiny and mercy. As well as his own advancing age.
Genre: Historical
The two men lead a rescue mission to a high mountain farm, where a landslide has buried a family's home. Trapped by another rockslide, they discover one solitary survivor of the farm family -- a young girl whose hold on sanity is shaky. As they struggle to save the girl's life and find a way off the mountain, Skjalg will ponder power and destiny and mercy. As well as his own advancing age.
Genre: Historical
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