DANIEL FLETCHER IS IN BIG TROUBLE. HE HAS WOKEN UP TO FIND HIMSELF IN A WORLD WITH NO MOBILE PHONES, NO CARS, NO PROPER ROADS, NO ELECTRICITY OR GAS, NO SCHOOLS AND NO POLICE. HE IS SOMEWHERE IN EASTERN ENGLAND A THOUSAND YEARS BEFORE HIS OWN BIRTH IN A VILLAGE OCCUPIED BY THE VIKINGS. EVERY EVENING, THE WHOLE VILLAGE GATHERS TOGETHER IN THE LONGHOUSE TO SING SONGS ABOUT MURDERING SAXONS. AT FIRST HE WATCHES EVERYTHING AS A WORRIED OUTSIDER BUT TO HIS SURPRISE HE GETS USED TO LIFE HERE AND THIS PLACE BECOMES HIS HOME. BUT EVERYTHING IN EDRIGGSBY IS ABOUT TO CHANGE FOREVER.