AD942. In the wake of the agreement reached at Lincoln between Edmund and Anlaf Sihtricson of the Norse Edmund returns to Wessex to reflect and rebuild impatient to reverse his losses at Lincoln. But this is the winter of discontent. In Jorvik and the kingdom of the Scots those who've waited too long to become kings in their own right grow restless. As the enemies of the English turn on themselves Edmund senses the opportunity to reclaim all his brother the victor of Brunanburh managed to gain before his untimely death plunged England back into war with her many foes. With his sights set firmly on York can he recreate the England his brother built or will the enemies of England realise the error of their ways and once more unite to drive Edmund back to Wessex leaving York in the hands of the Norse?