Skadi and the Geats - Paperbackby Steven Grier Williams (Author) An Earl with godly ambitions. A Viking warrior. A scheme, decades in the making. The heart of the Ironwood, a mysterious forest, has been pillaged and replaced with a mine. Hrothgar, the Earl of Lejre has amassed so much power in his great hall that he's now staked his claim as ruler of Midgard. But only under the use of violence. Children have been separated from their parents. Entire communities have been destroyed.