inspire by true event. Hereward, a novitiate monastic, must present the holy place Gospels of Lindisfarne, to the safety of the Iona monastery, while be prosecute by a Viking decease squad hell on earth. On his way to the monastery, he meet a ferocious and skilled fencer who answer his prayer and give his life to protect Hereward while he deliver the book. In the thick of their journeying, they are confront by Viking ready to kill in order to get what they desire, leave Hereward and his defender at their clemency.