Drawing on her own Nordic background and her intimate knowledge of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Lise McClendon has crafted a dark tale of theft, murder, art, and archeology. It begins with Alix Thorssen's stepfather, Hank, discovered standing over the corpse of a visiting Norwegian artist refusing to say a word in his own defense. It falls, therefore, to Alix to clear him and uncover who sent Glasius Dokken, a painter of myths, to Valhalla. With ancient legends seeming to come to life around her, and with very contemporary bullets being fired through the windows of her art gallery, Alix's investigation could end with a Viking funeral ... and it may all hinge on what the rune stones say.