Eaters of the dead : the manuscript of Ibn Fadlan, relating his experiences with the Northmen in A.D. 922
Michael Crichton
- New York : Harper, 2009
- 289 p. ; 19 cm
"Previously published by Ballantine Books under the movie title of, The 13th Warrior"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-243)
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
9780061782633 9.99 0061782637
Ibn Fadl¯an, Ahmad, fl. 922 --Fiction
Beowulf--Adaptations
Epic poetry, English (Old)--Adaptations Middle Ages--Fiction Northmen--Fiction Vikings--Fiction