At the end of his days, Alfred takes Uhtred into his confidence about his plans for Edward’s uncertain future, but Aelswith charts a different course.
Uhtred risks returning to Wessex to fulfill his vow to Brida. As the royal wedding approaches, Aethelwold spreads discord from the shadows.
A message from Uhtred and the machinations of Skade exploit divisions among the Danes. His health failing, Alfred wrestles with Aethelwold’s fate.
Edward makes a kingly decision. Alfred lays plans for his son’s future reign. Aethelwold faces a treacherous task. Uhtred and Brida search out a seer.
Uhtred turns his attention to Aethelflaed’s plight. Alfred forces Edward to face his duty. Ragnar’s army marches but traitors emerge from within.
A deadly betrayal threatens to splinter Ragnar’s army. Uhtred forms a cunning battle plan and finds an unexpected ally in young Edward.
Falling afoul of Alfred, Uhtred flees north to his brother, Ragnar. His eye on the throne, Aethelwold begins assembling an alliance to strike Wessex.
Bloodhair and Aethelwold try to coax Uhtred into their alliance against Alfred. Fearing for her life, Aethelflaed turns to Father Beocca for aid.
His health failing and fearing for his legacy, Alfred sends Uhtred to confront a new threat: fierce Danish warrior Bloodhair and his sorceress, Skade.
Calling upon Saxon forces the rally and drive the Vikings out of Wessex, Uhtred and Alfred gird for a decisive battle, but treachery awaits.
Driven to hiding in the marshes after the Vikings invade Wessex, Uhtred and Alfred finally make amends and devise a plan for retaking the kingdom.
Uhtred catches the eye of a lovely pagan queen, and his band of raiders becomes mercenaries for a Cornish king. But he soon faces the fury of Alfred.
Uhtred allies himself with newly crowned Alfred, but his commitment to the nascent king jeopardises his bond with Brida.
After rescuing Mildrith, Uhtred joins the fierce battle of Cynuit and vanquishes a forbidding foe, only to have Odda the Younger claim the victory.
After King Alfred betrays Uhtred’s allegiance and turns him over to the Vikings, his Danish brother, Ragnar the Young, scrambles to spare his life.
Uhtred, the fearless and instinctive warrior, begins his voyage north to reclaim his fate.
When spies infiltrate the Cumbraland army, Uhtred must rely on his troops to protect him.
A united King Alfred and Uhtred leave the cover of the marshes and make a rallying call to all Saxon armies.
As a consequence of their actions in Cornwall, Uhtred and Leofric face off in a death match. The Danes launch an invasion of Wessex.
Uhtred leads a raiding party to Cornwall on a mission for wealth and independence and attracts the attention of a beautiful sorceress queen.
Uhtred volunteers to attack Danish ships, but challenges Ubba in the process as the Danes threaten Wessex.
King Alfred keeps Uhtred close with a tactical play, but Uhtred soon realizes he’s been tricked. Meanwhile, a great battle looms over Wessex.
No longer Saxon or Dane, Uhtred and his best friend Brida are fugitives on the run from Uhtred’s uncle Aelfric. Finding himself blamed for a wedding massacre, Uhtred pleads his…
Uhtred wins the protection of Alfred, but his relationship with Brida is jeopardized.