Freydis Eiriksdatter, one of the most remarkable women of the Viking age, leads a harsh life amongst the towering cliffs and great glaciers of Greenland.
She has the warrior spirit of her father, Eirik the Red, and as Christianity conquers Greenland, she continues to worship the old Norse gods.
Like her brother, Leif Eiriksson, she’s cursed with an adventurer’s soul. Her biggest desire is to become a legendary explorer. Driven by ambition, curiosity – a restless hunger for more – she sets out on a hazardous voyage to Vinland.
But amidst the perils and brutality of nature, her biggest obstacle is rudimentary…
In the year 1080, an explorer can never be a woman.