The Ward of King Canute: A Romance of the Danish Conquest

In the hushed light of a shattered monastery, the echoes of a recent Danish raid still linger among the charred scrolls and broken stone. A lone nun, her once‑royal purple habit now faded to rust, steps through a cracked wall and surveys the wreckage, her voice carrying an ancient hymn that seems to bind past and present. As dawn breaks over the herb garden of St. Mildred’s, the quiet is pierced by the distant rumble of marching warriors, hinting that the fragile peace may be short‑lived.

Beyond the cloister, the story follows a young page named Fridtjof and the fierce daughter Randalin of the fallen House of Frode, whose fates become tangled amid battles, loyalty tests, and whispered prophecies. Their world blends the mythic wisdom of the Hávamál with the gritty reality of a kingdom on the brink of conquest, offering listeners a richly textured tapestry of love, honor, and the relentless pull of destiny.