Two and a half years have passed since Alynn "the Dauntless" McNeil and Lukas McCamden fought off the Norse in the Battle of Faith, and everyone is settling into a new normal. Alynn shares a happy home with Caitriona and Lukas, and Drostan, the future Norse chieftain, seeks her hand in marriage. When it seems life can't get any better, Alynn receives word that her beloved brother Tarin, presumed lost at sea, might still be alive.
But she's not the only one looking for him.
The bloodthirsty Norse tribe of Darsidia is on the warpath, raiding and kidnapping across the Scottish coast, heading straight for Tarin. Alynn tries everything in her power to get to him in time, but all her efforts are thwarted. Her largest roadblock is a meeting of the Norse parliament Althing, which threatens to change the lives of everyone on St. Anne's Cleft--and perhaps not for the better.
Alynn has faith, her family, and her sword. She won't let anything stand between her and Tarin. Not the impossibility of the task. Not the discontent caused by the decisions of Althing. Not even losing everything she's come to love.
But she's not the only one looking for him.
The bloodthirsty Norse tribe of Darsidia is on the warpath, raiding and kidnapping across the Scottish coast, heading straight for Tarin. Alynn tries everything in her power to get to him in time, but all her efforts are thwarted. Her largest roadblock is a meeting of the Norse parliament Althing, which threatens to change the lives of everyone on St. Anne's Cleft--and perhaps not for the better.
Alynn has faith, her family, and her sword. She won't let anything stand between her and Tarin. Not the impossibility of the task. Not the discontent caused by the decisions of Althing. Not even losing everything she's come to love.
Don't you dare tell me what my God can and can't do. I serve the God Who parted the Red Sea. I serve the God Who's raised the dead. The same God who gave me and Lukas the victory in the Battle of Faith is going to give us victory...and no devil in hell, yourself included, will be able to stop Him!
--Alynn the Dauntless, Where I Stand