SUMMARY: "Crichton excells at storytelling."NEWSDAYIn A.D. 922 Ibn Fadlan, the representative of the ruler of Bagdad, City of Peace, crosses the Caspian sea and journeys up the valley of the Volga on a mission to the King of Saqaliba. Before he arrives, he meets with Buliwyf, a powerful Viking chi
The 13th warrior: (formerly titled Eaters of the dead): the manuscript of Ibn Fadlan relating his experiences with the Northmen in A.D. 922
✍ Scribed by Ibn Faḍlān, Aḥmad;Crichton, Michael
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 104 KB
- Edition
- 1st
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- New York
- ISBN-13
- 9780345354617
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
In the year A.D. 922, a refined Arab courtier, representative of the powerful Caliph of Bagdad, encounters a party of Viking warriors on their journey to the barbaric North. He is appalled by Viking customs - the wanton sexuality of their pale, angular women, their disregard for cleanliness, their cold-blooded human sacrifices. But only in the depths of the Northland does he learn the horrifying truth: he has been enlisted to combat a terror that comes under cover of night to slaughter the Vikings and devour their flesh...
--back cover
✦ Subjects
Ibn Faḍlān, Aḥmad, -- active 922
📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES
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 Vikings–but just how he will do it, Fadlan has no idea….
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 thei
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 t
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 Vikings–but just how he will do it, Fadlan has no idea….
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 the