The Well of Time

The action of the novel takes place sometime after 1000 A.D. in a North American wilderness where the Vikings have created permanent settlements. When Skallgrim the poet is captured by outlaws he decides to save his skin by recounting the struggle between the Norse towns and the dark forces of the old and new worlds. He tells the story of Ingrid of Wayland, a girl chosen by the god Odin himself to bear an ancient cup into the wild country in order to help defeat the terrible incursions of t...