Slave Girl Hekja's ma was white with terror. She screamed out, "Run!" That was the last thing she ever said, One of the men, with a chin like a cod fish, plunged his sword into her heart...
When Viking raiders descend on Hekja's Village and kill her family and friends, she is taken as a slave, But Hekja is determined, fiery and fast on her feet, and soon finds herself joining an expedition to the unexplored land of America. What terrible dangers await her there? Who is the real enemy? And what price must Hekja pay to win her freedom?