It the year 790 A.D. Thordís and Zivh have reached the pirate slavers´town of Aldeigjuborg, Staraya Ladoga in Russia and must make a life for themselves in the terrifying world of the Viking Rus. My Enemy´s Head is the second book in the BLADE HONER series about the life of the Oseberg pristess who lived and died in the years 783-834 A.D. It is a direct sequel to the first book, The Hammer of Greatness.