Iron and the Tide

B2 Spanish · 6 min read · Free

Twelve castaways on a frozen coast, one veteran raider itching for war, and an invisible stranger who leaves fresh fish beside a dying fire. Sigrun bet her crew's lives on trade instead of blood—and the first gift has already been stolen.

B2 Spanish · 5 min read

A pot of fermented milk, offered as a gift, does more damage than any axe. On a frozen Newfoundland shore, the fragile peace between Norse castaways and the people of the bay comes apart in a single afternoon.

B2 Spanish · 6 min read

At dawn, nine axes march on a village that no longer exists. The woman who emptied it is waiting for them on the frozen marsh, armed with nothing but words two peoples built together in the sand.