Hermod must kill a giantess if he wishes his brother to be returned from the deep recesses of Helheim. Only this giantess is under a spell of protection and cannot be slain by a man's hand. Hermod seeks help from the one woman he knows who is warrior enough to kill the giantess and along the journey she steals his heart. Released from slavery after a hard fought battle at Hermod's side, Quenell feels she owes Hermod a debt but does she owe him her heart? Betrayed by men in her tribe, she is lost on who to trust but most of all on who to love.