"Sven the Returned, 1: As High Summer Passes"
When Sven of Orkney, an exiled Viking prince, is told of the death of his father, he returns to the desolate lands of his birth to reclaim his inheritance, wrongly claimed by his ruthless uncle Gorm. When he arrives at Grimness Settlement, he finds the people of his village beaten down, terrified, and enslaved.
Captured by his uncles men, Sven is correctly accused of returning only for his father's wealth, with no intention of assuming his fathers title and responsibilities.
Then he is left at the burned out remains of his country home to die in the frozen wasteland, but Sven has other plans...and someone watches...