Vargun's Draught

Thjora is a master brewer whose finely tuned metabolic ales soothe the aggressive madness inside the isolated Hrafnsker Institute. When the compound's cruel patriarch dies without a legitimate heir, his vicious bastard son, Vargun, seizes control by brute force. Vargun remembers Thjora well—a past tied up in the fragments of their brutal childhood inside these very walls—and he intends to claim not just her vital brewhouse, but her. To survive the ensuing succession war and maintain control over her intricate craft, Thjora must strike a desperate bargain with the man who wants to own her completely.