About the book: year / Chicago, our days. Ivar the Boneless does not want peace - he is preparing for war, and his enemies are preparing to present him with a couple of unpleasant surprises. Ivar knows that he will either win or die. Sigurd wants to be himself and be happy, but blood is not water, and the choice is not an easy one. Bjorn is trying to come to terms with the fact that he is not the ruler of the Lothbrok empire. And there are a lot of enemies around the brothers, and everyone thirsts for their blood.