Anja Freydisdöttir must relinquish all – her homeland, her family, her gender – to escape an assuredly abusive marriage.  Liberation comes from an unexpected source.  The estranged mother who raised her finally does something in Anja’s favour, aiding in her escape on a Viking longboat bound for Vinland shores.  Haunted by the ominous shadows of a family history she does not know, Anja must follow a perilous path into unfamiliar, wilderness terrain that will ultimately allow her to find her future – and herself.