For nearly five thousand years the mists of Niflheim have enveloped Midgard. And in those mists the chosen of Hel-the Niflungar-flourish while the rest of mankind hides behind the fragile protection of flames. But Odin has slain the Niflungar prince and rejected their princess Gudrun, and now the sorceress queen of the Niflungar hunts him without mercy. The queen has sent armies of trolls and draugar to destroy the Aesir. Despite Odin's rejection, Gudrun cannot deny that her heart longs for the Aesir King, but neither can she refuse her mother's command to hunt him down. And if Gudrun cannot win Odin back, her mother will turn all the unholy power of Hel against the Aesir.