Life is hard for the Allamains, the Norse of the Realm. Only one girl is born in twenty children. The women rule as matriarchs while the men are sent into battles. The ones who return with glory, loot, and fame, are rewarded with the highest prize: the hand of a matriarch, and the body that comes with it.To receive such honor, Wald and his crew are willing to go to the other side of the world and hire as mercenaries. But will the risk pay, or will the reward become meaningless? Rescuing damsels in distress is a tricky business, in more ways than one.Juggling between love, duty, and conflicting cultures, this is the story of Waldobert Wagnarson of the Wolf's tribe, Captain of Unterboot 003.