Viking Alric and his brethren are "ice pirates." All their lives they are engaged in transporting huge blocks of ice from the volcano Etna to the Adriatic. The fame of Alrika and his team rushes around the world faster than a drakkar flying along the waves. The Venetian Doge learned about the "ice pirates," who was looking for those who would fulfill the difficult task of delivering the relics of St. Mark, one of the four evangelists, to Venice. Brave Vikings embark on a risky adventure. But what awaits them in the Alexandrian treasury is the most dangerous thing they have ever encountered. They did not even know what secret the ancient relics of the saint were connected with...