Synopses & Reviews
In 1037, a senior civil servant of the Byzantine empire faces a tedious journey to Greece, escorting the Army payroll. His only companions are a detachment of the Empire's elite Guard, recruited from Viking Scandinavia. When the wagon sheds a wheel, he passes the time talking with two veterans, who have a remarkable story to tellthe Viking discovery of America.
Review
Four hundred and fifty years before Columbus, America had already been abandoned by European settlers… A new historical novel from the author of A Song for Nero, Alexander at Worlds End, Olympiad, and The Walled Orchard novels.