It's been said that the prospect of being hanged in the morning concentrates a man's mind wonderfully. Trapped in a crashing escape pod with damaged thrusters, Noah Morales' mind was concentrated on just one word and, on the advice of our legal department, it won't be repeated here.By the laws of probability, he should be alone on this world but the Universe likes to amuse itself. The same gravitational anomaly that destroyed his small ship also crashed a Chironan vessel filled with abducted Vikings...... twelve centuries ago.Noah's desperate to get home to San Diego and his family but he's stuck on a remote planet where local leaders are pushing the Humans toward conflict with aliens. One wrong move and they'll find themselves embroiled in a war.Noah is walking the knife's edge. If war breaks out on Nifleheim, there might not be any Humans left when his rescue comes.And Noah's one of those Humans...