From out of the icy steppes they came, the fiercest and most feared
warriors the world had ever known. At their head was the wily and
ferocious Attila of the Huns, and behind him lay a trail of pillage and
carnage. To forge peace with the mighty Attila, a young Burgundian
prince is sent as a foster son to the merciless warlord. Here young
Hagan learns the fighting arts of the Huns as he develops an uneasy
relationship with his unpredictable new foster father. But it is during
his first battle that Hagan learns the most important – and most
dangerous – lesson of all. A gasp away from death, he discovers the
pathway to the otherworld – a knowledge he must guard carefully for it
makes him a dangerous adversary of Attila himself.