After he's evicted from his parents' village, Ansen Grost is dumped in a small coastal town in the Shetlands. In the aftermath of a dust-up in the pub where he is staying, Ansen is befriended by an old man who--once he sees the Norseman fight--offers him an interesting job. To make it hard to refuse, the pay is better than just right. Down-on-his-luck Ansen can hardly refuse. After all, a guy has to earn a living . . . and fighting cosmic entities and supernatural bad guys doesn't put ale in his glass and food in his belly.But this job involves finding a Scottish lass lost in Peru. And she's not like other girls. This lass has a centuries-old banshee as a familiar who can be slightly over-protective.This might get hairy.