Finalist for the Book Awards in the Page Turner Awards 2022
What would a parent do to save their child? Fight the dead? Defy the gods? Helen Gunn moves to the Wirral, an area of England rich in ancient history, with her estranged husband and their three year old daughter Charlotte, in the hope of saving their marriage. When Charlotte starts talking to an imaginary friend and dark shadows threaten the family, Helen must face a parent's worst nightmare and save her child. The Viking Einaar brought his family to England to farm the land and live in peace, but a sickness walks among his people and his child is blamed. Einaar had never questioned the old gods, until now. An archaeological dig has unearthed a forgotten village. The gods have awoken.