Runestone - Hardcover

Coldsmith, Don

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0553096435 ISBN 13: 9780553096439

Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group, 1995

Synopsis

The hand-picked crews of two longships set sail from eleventh-century Norway across the great sea to Vinland and the colony of Straumfjord, where they encounter the native peoples of an uncharted continent. 30,000 first printing. $30,000 ad/promo. Tour.

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l from Norway, two swift-moving longships and their handpicked crews, following the route navigated by the legendary Leif Ericson. But for young shipmaster Nils Thorsson and his fellow Norsemen the real journey begins when they push on into the uncharted continent of Vinland.

There the explorers revel in the chance to penetrate a virgin land -until they trespass on the grounds of a primitive people who have seen enough of the light-hairs' cruelty to believe they are too dangerous to ignore. In one swift dawn raid, they deal with the invaders by letting go a swarm of fiery arrows Only three men from the sailing party escape: the intrepid Nils Thorsson, the hardened seaman Svenson, and an enigmatic native guide called Odin. Now. stranded in the wilderness with their one-eyed guide, Thomson and Svenson know that to survive they must master the ways of war, of the hunt -- and of a proud and fearless people.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0553096435
• ISBN 13: 9780553096439
• Binding: Hardcover