Eaters of the Dead
Ratings46
Average rating3.5
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Ratings46
Average rating3.5
Mystery, history, horror--it's a sword-rattling adventure with as many lopped heads and limbs as a nightmare...as much wild and drunken sex as a dream. It's the incredible chronicle of Ibn Fadlan, emissary of the Caliph of Bagdad, relating his expedition to the wild Viking barrens and his terrifying encounter there with the ferocious hairy demons of the Northland. It's the marvellous new Crichton novel with all the amazement of THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN and the captivating suspense of THE TERMINAL MAN.
--back cover
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If you liked the movie “The Thirteenth Warrior” with Antonio Banderas, you'll love this book. (Its what the movie was based off of.)
The book reminds me of Beowulf. The insight into Viking culture is amazing. The Appendix gives you some facts that the story was based on for further research, and the introduction gives you the basis of the journey that you (like your narrator)are about to be thrown into.
And it really makes me want to read Beowulf again.
