Blood-Oath of the Raven Queen

872 AD, Norwegian coast. Astrid "Raven-Eyes," a shield-maiden exiled for killing her jarl husband in his sleep, is captured by the ruthless warlord Ragnvald Iron-Hand during a coastal raid. He needs her seer-blood to break an ancient curse that dooms every ship he sails. She needs his fleet to take vengeance on the king who ordered her family burned alive.
Bound by a blood-oath sealed with a knife cut across both their palms (and later with far more intimate rites beneath the auroras), they ...