The King of Vinland's Saga: A Novel of Vikings and Indians in Pre-Columbian North America
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Fleeing the ice clad fjords of his native Greenland just ahead of greedy kinsman who would keep his inheritance from him, Sigtrygg Thorgilsson, half-breed grandson of the storied explorer Leif Eiriksson, seeks his fortune on the shores of North America, last glimpsed by his grandfather some forty years before. Making his way across uncharted waters with a hastily assembled crew of untried men, he quickly learns that the inhabitants of the new land are less than pleased by their presence and that their survival will depend on their ability to carve a place for themselves in the midst of their skeptical hosts. But risking life and limb in a desperate gamble to prove their worth will not be enough as Sigtrygg’s angry kinsmen unexpectedly arrive on the coast to dispute what he has won.
Then only the shrewd counsel of an aged viking, and the passion of the woman Sigtrygg left behind, offer a way out of the burgeoning blood feud that threatens to engulf them all—as storm clouds gather in the distance and a defeated enemy prepares to take his revenge.
A novel of Vikings and Indians in pre-Columbian North America, The King of Vinland’s Saga reprises the failed settlement history of the Norse on the edge of the North Atlantic in the eleventh century—as Europe lay mired in medieval darkness, its inhabitants still ignorant of the places and peoples that lay just beyond their reach.
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Just put down the above book. If this was your first endeavor, then I am eagerly anticipating your second. The book was fantastic! It was as enjoyable to me as “The Golden Warrior”, “Musashi”, and “With Fire and Sword” and other historical fiction novels that grace my bookshelves (many of which purchased through your recommendation on Amazon). It is nice to read a book and get mad, frustrated, etc. at the characters.
Thanks again for a pleasurable read!
Pete Giorgianni
Stuart W. Mirsky
Stuart W. Mirsky is also the author of A Raft on the River, a true story of Holocaust escape and survival in occupied World War II Poland, as well as two works of philosophy: Choice and Action (2016) and Value and Representation: Three Essays Exploring the Implications of a Pragmatic Epistemology for Moral Thought (2019). He has also written for a number of newspapers and penned a regular bi-weekly column for more than two decades, "The Rockaway Irregular," for a local weekly exploring social and political issues. He's currently working on another historical novel, this one set in the pre-Civil War American West.
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