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Plot Summary
Jack is a young boy who is chosen to become the apprentice of a Druid bard in his village. This position earns him a respect and position within the community that he had not previously experienced. It also allows him to leave home and his spoiled, irritating sister, Lucy, behind. During a magical type of fit, the bard realizes that the village is in danger. He becomes aware of the coming raiders and the terror they will bring on the unprepared village. When he shares this information with Jack, he is scared and doesn’t know what to do. When the raiders arrive, Jack and Lucy are captured by Olaf One Brow. The raiders that pillage Jack’s village are Norsemen and Olaf is their captain.

Lucy and Jack are forced on a across the sea to the Norsemen’s village where they are held as slaves. Jack, as a bard, is treated better than most slaves and Lucy’s beauty and entertainment value have endeared her to Olaf so she is treated as a pet. When Olaf takes his plunder to pay respect to his king, Ivar the Boneless, the situation gets worse for Jack and Lucy. Ivar’s queen, Frith is half Troll, half human, and very cruel. She demands more than Olaf offers, specifically the things he thought to keep for himself. When an argument begins and Jack’s situation as a bard is exposed, all magic breaks loose. Olaf refuses Frith’s “suggestion” and through some magic, Frith loses her beautiful hair. She blames the visiting party and takes Lucy as her own with the intention of sacrificing her to the Goddess Freya. The only way to save Lucy is for Jack and Thorgill, a Norseman Shield Maiden who hates him, to go on a quest to seek magic from the land of the Troll’s and Mirmir’s well. Jack and Thorgill must retrieve the magic but must first ask the permission of the Troll queen who is also Frith’s mother and the one who put her out of the Troll kingdom. Jack and Thorgill undertake this quest during which Olaf One Brow is killed leaving them to complete the mission on their own. They must learn their own strengths, discover some new ones, and work together to survive their mission.

When they return to the Norse kingdom, Jack has the magic needed to restore Frith’s beauty. Frith informs Jack that if it does not work, she will sacrifice his sister to the goddess the following day. When the queen begins the process Jack described, her greed and selfishness drives her to not follow Jack’s instructions. When the magic is finished, Frith is no longer a shape-shifting half Troll who can assume beauty, but a hideous hairy beast who can not even speak. The Norsemen take Ivar the Boneless back to his castle and Jack and Lucy are freed. When they arrive home, his family is grateful for his courage and skill that contributed to the care and return Lucy and him self.