Born Unto Mayhem

In an age of fear, when berserkers haunt the forests of Scandinavia, a new terror rises in the north ...

I'm sixteen this year, and my mother says I should marry soon.

Loki.

I already would be married if any chieftains' sons were man enough to have me.

When I do find a husband though, I'll inherit the village of Borg, which as the Princess of Lofoten is my birthright.

We'll have several farms and command a fleet of viking ships. I'll give birth to mighty warrior sons or a fierce shieldmaiden like myself.

And perhaps one day, if it pleases the gods, I'll take my grandfather's place as the Jarl of Hålogaland.

That's how things might have been—ifmy entire life hadn't been a lie.

But now the secret's out, even if I am the last to know.

And the truth has awakened something ... something frightening within me.

I've always had a temper. There's enough young men with missing teeth who can attest to that.

But this? This is different.

This rage. This hunger. This intense thirst for blood.

It's more than I can control.

The worst part? It all makes sense when I learn who my father really is.