The first two volumes of the adventures of Thorgal, published in
1980, translated into English at last in this retroactively numbered
double volume. Thorgal’s coming-of-age is painfully similar to the
rest of his life: the young man finds himself tied to the stone of
sacrifice by Gandalf the Mad, king of the Vikings of the North and
father of his beloved Aaricia. There, the Child of the Stars can do
nothing but wait for the coming tide – and death. Until, that is, a
mysterious sorceress with flaming red hair comes to offer him a deal:
his life, and revenge, for one year in her service.
