Norway, AD 824. The evil Queen in the Mound is dead, the Irish necklace held fast in her ghoulish grip. But Ragnhild arrives in Trom y intent on retrieving the necklace, setting off a chain of disaster. As her people sicken and die, ?sa desperately seeks a cure. Leaving her beloved son behind, she travels alone to the dark world deep underground, a place from which mortals never return: The realm of Hel herself.