Author's Note

A prequel to BREAKER OF RINGS. (Viking-era AU.) The four women seem so different: one a princess longing for a life outside castle walls, one who feels like a burden to her family, one who would do anything for her kin, and one striving to be a warrior once more. But what binds them is even stronger: magic. Will the powers that have defined their lives be enough to make them unite, or will their already fragile alliance crumble under the weight of their differences? (