num_pages: 278
description: 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
language: English
title: The 13th Warrior
titlecomplete: The 13th Warrior
characters: Haltaf, Thorkel, Wiglif, Halga, Wulfgar, Roneth, Helfdane, Rothgar, Ibn Fadlan, Higlak, Rethel, Herger, Weath, Edgtho, Buliwyf, Skeld, Sagard, Ecthgow
genres: Mythology, Thriller, Historical Fiction, Historical, Novels, Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Adventure, Fiction
ratings_count: 40777
places: Iraq, Scandinavia, Baghdad
publisher: Ballantine Books