In 872, England is captured by Danes and is ruled by King Alfred. On the other hand, Untred, son of Saxon nobleman is born but is captured by Danes soldiers where he is taken care of very dearly. One day he has to make this tough choice of siding with his birth country or the ones who raised him with no stones unturned.
A strong opening episode, which set the scene for conflict to come and introduced us to both a host of intriguing new characters and the return of some very nasty enemies from Uhtred's past.