His blood-brother, Eero, advocates for trade and surrender. Timo advocates for blood.
When Timo’s brutal defiance brands him an outlaw, he drags the captured Priest deep into the uncharted, snow-choked wilderness to interrogate him. But the Priest does not fear the dark. He tells Timo the silence of the forest is not a blessing—it is a door. And Timo has just unlocked it.
Driven to the depths of the earth, Timo will find an ancient stone that predates the gods, a darkness that devours men’s minds, and a truth that will shatter everything he has ever believed. To save his brother, he must sacrifice his body. To save his world, he must break his faith.
A visceral, breathtaking saga of blood, snow, and brotherhood, The Claw Marks is a brutal historical epic about the monsters men pray to, and the monsters they become when the prayers go unanswered.