First Comes Summer

In their remote Viking settlement, Folkvi and her brother, Aslakr, have always been close - unnaturally close. They''ve grown more intimate still as Folkvi learns her shaman mother''s craft, as me ...

In their remote Viking settlement, Folkvi and her brother, Aslakr, have always been close - unnaturally close. They''ve grown more intimate still as Folkvi learns her shaman mother''s craft, as men regard her with newly devouring eyes. Then illness carries off their parents, and the nest of home is shattered. Aslakr sets off on his first expedition, abandoning Folkvi to the dark of an endless winter. When he returns, he''s done the unthinkable: He''s found someone else to love. Sick with grief, Folkvi rages to the gods where they sit at the foot of an ancient tree, contemplating the twisted pa