HER WARLORD'S SPY

In the 10th century the entire north was a welter of warlords, Brit, Celt and Viking, vying for power and land through alliances and wars. Bergith came to the Celt castle of Kolaren as the lone surviving captive of a raid on her Norsk village, and to protect her from a harsh, cruel castle the warlord's Lady Nelda dressed her in boy's clothing, called her Einar and gave her a small harp so she could learn to be a Singer of Songs. Nelda was brutally executed, no more songs were sung, wars raged, the warlord's son, the formidable Dovan, became warlord. At once Kolaren was attacked, and, because a Singer of Sons was always welcome in a castle, Lord Dovan sent "Einar" to spy out which of two enemies he was facing. Thus "Einar" became her warlord's spy as he waged war and fell in love. But not with Bergith, for life is seldom so simple, and in that world of intrigue and violence her path to love was quite unexpected.