While Jolan and his companions finally learn from Manthor what their grand destiny will be, Thorgal is still on the trail of the men who kidnapped his other son, Aniel. Along with jolly mercenary Petrov, he sails down a frozen river aboard a Blade Ship - a trade vessel equipped with heavy metal blades to break the ice. The journey is fraught with dangers - storms, raiders, spies, wild animals ... and a group of shipwrecked Vikings looking for a mysterious chest ...

Grzegorz Rosinski is one of the most popular artists of comic books in Western Europe. Among his later works are the series Chninkel (with Van Hamme) and a series titled Lament of the Lost Moors (with Jean Dufaux). In 2001, the Rosinski/Van Hamme duo published yet another comic book titled Western, based in the American Old West. Yves Sente began writing scripts in 1999 and has already acquired considerable clout, being chosen as successor to original creator Jean Van Hamme for the series Thorgal and the sequel to XIII and also working on Blake & Mortimer.