In the next chapter of Thorgal's early years, Aaricia has been captured. Its up to the young hero to save his beloved from the savage berserkersunless one of his rivals gets there first. Theres Sigurd, the handsome drakkar captain speeding across the waves in pursuit of the berserkers, and Nigrd, the jarls squirrel-toothed son, who might have more up his sleeve than meets the eye... Theyll have to work together to survive the stormy sea and have any hope of rescuing Aaricia before the berserkers chief, Moldi-the-Furious, decides her fate.