Kriss de Valnor is not content to be the Queen of the North-Levant. She also wants to govern all the Vikings of the North. To do so, she has to meet certain conditions: to prove her nobility, her courage and to have already given birth. But others covet this vast territory: Jolan, the king-healer, and Emperor Magnus allied to the father of Arlac. Will Kriss succeed in gaining the confidence of the men of the North-Levant and in concluding the alliances that will enable her to achieve her ends?