Warriors have traversed the sea passage between the Shetland Islands and Norway from the Vikings to World War 2 and beyond. On both shores there's been death and intrigue. John B. Stewart and his beloved Elizabeth discover that hasn't changed. Now someone is murdering people with a military connection. The killings take an even more ominous turn when dark and ancient forces are conjured up as instruments of death. One of John B.'s oldest friends is marked as the next victim, but before that the killer strikes even closer to home for the wizard. The power of the most dangerous mystic talisman in history is pitted against a red hot desire for revenge, and the power of dubious magic.