num_pages: 240
description: 'Crichton certainly has the Midas touch.' SPECTATOR 'A giant of a writer' DAILY EXPRESS In 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 chieftain who is summoned by his besieged relatives to the North. Buliwyf must return to Scandinavia and save his countrymen and family from the monsters of the mist...
language: English
title: Eaters of the Dead: The Manuscript of Ibn Fadlan Relating His Experiences with the Northmen in AD 922
titlecomplete: Eaters of the Dead: The Manuscript of Ibn Fadlan Relating His Experiences with the Northmen in AD 922
characters: Helfdane, Thorkel, Sagard, Edgtho, Ibn Fadlan, Halga, Haltaf, Higlak, Herger, Skeld, Rothgar, Wiglif, Weath, Ecthgow, Roneth, Rethel, Wulfgar, Buliwyf
genres: Thriller, Fiction, Science Fiction, Historical, Historical Fiction, Horror, Mythology, Fantasy, Adventure, Novels
ratings_count: 40782
places: Baghdad, Scandinavia, Iraq
publisher: Charnwood Library