After a lifetime of stealing, cheating and killing, Kriss de Valnor dies in an act of bravery and kindness. Walkyries do not know what destiny to reserve: the Walhalla, the paradise of warriors, or the eternal wandering in the cold mist of Niflheim? The fierce fighter must now plead her cause before the goddess Freyja. To do this, he must remember the child she was, the first blows he suffered.