At the end of the 9th century, many of the separate kingdoms of what we now know as England have fallen in bloody conflict to invading Danes.

Against this turbulent backdrop lives our hero, Uhtred (Alexander Dreymon). Born the son of a Saxon nobleman, he is captured by the Danes and raised as one of their own. When fate binds him to Alfred (David Dawson), Saxon King of Wessex, Uhtred must fight for Alfred's dream of uniting the kingdoms. Suffering great personal tragedy, Uhtred is torn between the country of his birth and the people of his upbringing and confronts a difficult choice--if he deserts Alfred's cause, the future of the English people will be changed forever.