The Inscription

Viking Series

Vikings reincarnate and Mary relives the vision of Freydis, and as her life concludes she realises the significance of her secret inner self and the reason for her disobedient rage. But the dream is ongoing and the saga continues as the pulse of Freydis intensifies and the horse messenger entraps the inheritors of the runic ring. Helena, a high born young woman, a necromancer, and Pali, a gypsy fortuneteller, meet by accident and discover that they share an inconceivable vision of the past. They become close and Helena's Aunt Amelia is concerned that when she reunites with her sister a secret she has shared with her maid Annie for the past twenty years will be revealed. The secret conceals a mystery that they have never understood, but slowly unfolds as in search of the truth they delve further into the past. Thomas Johnson, a young miner with ancestral links to both Helena and Pali, becomes involved when a misplaced runic ring and an inscription on a pocket watch threaten his freadom. Set in 19th Centuty Britain during the early reign of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert amid the splendor of London's Crystal Palace, the serenity of the English Lake District and the winding down of The East India Shipping Company.