A haunting Anglo-Saxon dual-time mystery romance.
Echoes of the past resonate across the centuries as Dr Anna Petersen, a medievalist and runologist, is struggling with past trauma and allowing herself to trust again. When her old adversary, archaeologist Professor Matt Beacham, unearths a 6th century seax with a mysterious runic inscription, and approaches Anna for help, a chain of events bring the past firmly back into her present. And why does the burial site also contain two sets of bones, one 6th century and the other modern?

As the past and present intermingle alarmingly, Anna and Matt need to work closely together to solve the mystery of the seax runes and the seemingly impossible burial, and to discover the truth about the past. But how is 6th century Lady Mildryth of Mercia connected to Anna? Can they both be the Daughter of Mercia?