In a state of near despair, Casca left behind the now-dreaded gates of the Persian Empire and made his way back to the Northlands and to the walls of Helsfjord where he entered the gates of the Hold. For it was there that the Roman had known his happiest moments.
But soon he is found living among a pack of wolves, where he has become half-man, half-beast. And for those who are unfortunate enough to stumble upon the Hold, he had become known as the “monster of the mist”, a primitive being who allows no man to escape his clutches alive…until he is summoned back from his crazed state to face one of his most formidable foes – the would-be conqueror of all Europe, Attila the Hun!