Thorfinn and his team are back in Iceland after crossing Europe and going as far as Byzantium.
Now that they have earned enough to finance their expedition to Vinland, all they need are volunteers to create a colony in the country of their dreams.
Under the merciless eye of Hild, ready to kill him at the slightest deviation, Thorfinn tries to recruit other dreamers, but his refusal to bring swords to Vinland is not well received by all the warriors of the North, for whom the sword is the soul of a man...