<p>When Viking raiders attack a quiet Norse village a small boy&#39;s life is ripped apart as he&#39;s carried away by sea and sold into a life of servitude. But when this young boy with veins full of fire and a head full of ideas comes of age he is not what he seems to be.&nbsp;<br /><br />The events that follow propel Rowan on a journey that only the foolhardy or desperate would risk leading him into the forest and up the mountain &ndash; into a whole world of secrets in itself.&nbsp;<br /><br />But this is only the beginning of his adventures. Something is stirring in the forest something more ominous than the rising threat across the seas. Fearful travelers whisper of a darkness breathing in the forest disturbing it corrupting it. In the very heart of these stirrings Rowan encounters that which defies belief leaving him speechless with terror &ndash; and wonder.</p>