It is 922 A.D. The refined Arab courtier Ibn Fadlan is accompanying a party of Viking warriors back to the north. Fadlan belatedly discovers that his job is to combat the terrors in the night that come to slaughter the Vikingsβbut just how he will do it, Fadlan has no ideaβ¦.
Eaters of the dead: The manuscript of Ibn Fadlan, relating his experiences with the Northmen in A.D. 922
β Scribed by Michael Crichton
- Book ID
- 100066089
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Year
- 2012;2018
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 164 KB
- Edition
- First Vintage Books Edition, May 2018
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0525436383
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β¦ Synopsis
From the bestselling author of Jurassic Park , Timeline , and Sphere comes an epic tale of unspeakable horror.
It is 922 A.D. The refined Arab courtier Ibn Fadlan is accompanying a party of Viking warriors back to their home. He is appalled by their customs--the gratuitous sexuality of their women, their disregard for cleanliness, and their cold-blooded sacrifices. As they enter the frozen, forbidden landscape of the North--where the day's length does not equal the night's, where after sunset the sky burns in streaks of color--Fadlan soon discovers that he has been unwillingly enlisted to combat the terrors in the night that come to slaughter the Vikings, the monsters of the mist that devour human flesh. But just how he will do it, Fadlan has no idea.
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