Seventeen-year-old Skade has sworn to kill Durin Blood-Axe, a fearsome veteran of the border wars between Jötunnheim and Midgard, to settle a score between them. Before she can pit her sword against Durin's battle-axe in a duel to the death, Skade must first breach the ramparts of his fortress and face the hundred warriors in his garrison. Luckily, Skade is not alone. A god is with her. But death does not always settle matters of evil. Skade must chance the consequences of her actions, and do as destiny decides. Skade immerses the reader in a mythical world of ice and snow. It is a sombre but exciting saga of a mythical time when gods and humans walked together. Skade is a Chapter Book. It is a novel told in four stand alone novellas of which this is the first.