Following a harrowing few weeks in her new job, Detective Inspector Dee was hoping for a more sedate time in the Southwick North police station on the outskirts of Sunderland, in the Northeast of England. However, fate had other plans Karen's team. The discovery of a pair of precious Viking artefacts brings international interest to Karen's patch and to the Island of Lindisfarne. Soon the team realise they are involved in a case involving power and greed as the future of the artefacts becomes a priority for forces, darker than they could ever imagine.