Les tenebres i l'alba

Year 997, late Dark Ages. England is facing attacks from the Welsh to the west and the Vikings from the east. Life is difficult and those who wield some power wield it with an iron fist and often in conflict with the king himself. In these turbulent times, three lives intersect: the young shipbuilder Edgar, about to elope with the woman he loves, realizes that his future will be very different from what he had imagined when his home was razed by the Vikings; Ragna, the rebellious daughter of a Norman nobleman, accompanies her husband to a new land on the other side of the sea only to discover that the customs there are dangerously different; and Aldred, an idealistic monk, dreams of transforming his humble abbey into a center of lore admired throughout Europe. All three will find themselves in a confrontation with the ruthless Bishop Wynstan, determined to increase his power at any cost.