May, 1436: The rebel leader Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson lies dead by the shores of Lake Hjälmaren, slain with an axe by Måns Bengtsson. The kingdom is collapsing. The throne is unoccupied, and those who can are gathering their strength to claim it: the bastard Erik Puke, once Engelbrekt’s closest ally, who has sworn an oath to serve the people’s best interests; Karl Bonde, a nobleman of cunning and wealth; Nils Stensson, called Nils Without Land, uncle to the murderer himself and the most driven among the great group of brothers who all bear shields of blue and gold.

Wolves at Play is the second part in Niklas Natt och Dag’s historical novel series about the dynasty that would become known as Natt och Dag, and the bloody power struggles that shaped medieval Sweden. Niklas Natt och Dag is the fifteenth-generation grandson of Måns Bengtsson.