What happened to those who refused Christianity? This is the tale of the last Vikings – a story that explains why, a thousand years later, their achievement is so important.As a 16-year-old boy Ansgar flees his home and joins the Danish fleet, sailing for England to aid Lady Emma during the Rebellion of the Earls. On the ships he meets men who are very different from his father.The chaotic journey, which is to have a disastrous ending, takes him to Norwich and Jorvik – the Sacking of York.He meets a woman who sees into the future and a man who sees into his heart.Nothing will ever be quite the same.