Stieg wants to help Erin with her quest and (although it wasn't exactly planned) he does get that opportunity. Erin is willing to take on the quest given to her but it's not an easy task and many are betting she wont make it back alive. Erin gained the ability to control fire when she was turned into a Crow and that made her the key to getting something that would enable the clans to stop the coming catastrophic.

Many are trying to figure out a way to head it off and the solution they find isn't widely liked. Due to some problems in the previous books, the nine Viking clans are scrambling to find a way to stop the upcoming Ragnarok (aka end of the world). Erin's abrasive attitude is a constant but it does calm towards Stieg, the longer he's around.

The time they spend together isn't easy at first but the more time they spend together, the more their mutual attraction shows and grows. Erin and Stieg end up being thrown together when someone from Erin's past comes after her and Stieg comes to her assistance. Stieg had actually been interested in Erin when she first turned into a Crow but her offensive attitude scared Stieg and pretty much all the other males away from her. Erin and Stieg have never gotten along.but then Erin doesn't really get along with much of anyone due to her extreme attitude/sarcasm. After some time on the streets, Odin offered Stieg the chance to become a Raven. When his mother died from cancer, Stieg couldn't deal with his abusive father so he ended up out on the streets. When he was growing up, Stieg's home life wasn't the best. Stieg is a Raven, one of a group of warriors in service to Odin. Her parents are still alive but she's had to distance herself from them now that she's not really human anymore. Erin was killed by mobsters when she saw too much and that's how she became a Crow. Erin is a Crow.Crows are human women that (at the point of death) are offered a choice by Skuld (a Norse goddess) to have a second life as one of her warriors.

Stieg was a likable character as well and I liked their story and seeing how things turned out (both for them and for the overall series storyline). Surprisingly, I liked Erin a lot more in this story than I did in previous books. 4 stars This was a very good story and addition to the series.

The unyielding shelly laurenston