Not long after the Hundred Years War, Wallah, who has come from the North with her father, is welcomed into a clan of carnies. Her life changes when, after a meeting in the forest with a witch, she becomes a Valkyrie: one who chooses who will die.
Like her father she is an exceptional archer and she is granted the ability to hit her target every time, only by imagining it. In return, however, one year is taken off Wallahs life for every animal or person killed.
This proves to be a stroke of luck for Bezelios, the clan leader, who learns that a knight is looking for an expert archer. Wallah thus becomes, at her own risk, his huntress.
- Serge Brussolo returns to one of his favorite eras, the Middle Ages, a period where mystery reigns.
- A story filled with incredible creatures, both real and imaginary.
Serge Brussolo was born in 1951 and is a prolific writer. Gifted with a surprising imagination, he is considered by the critics to be an exceptional storyteller and the best in his genre, somewhere between Stephen King and Mary Higgins Clark.