Eaters of the Dead
Ratings38
Average rating3.6
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Ratings38
Average rating3.6
The year is A.D. 922. A refined Arab courtier, representative of the powerful Caliph of Bagdad, encounters a party of Viking warriors who are journeying to the barbaric North. He is appalled by their Viking customs — the wanton sexuality of their pale, angular women, their disregard for cleanliness . . . their cold-blooded human sacrifices.
But it is not until they reach the depths of the Northland that the courtier learns the horrifying and inescapable truth: He has been enlisted by these savage, inscrutable warriors to help combat a terror that plagues them — a monstrosity that emerges under cover of night to slaughter the Vikings and devour their flesh . . .
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Also contained in:
- [Congo / Sphere / Eaters of the
Dead][2]
[1]: http://www.michaelcrichton.com/eaters-of-the-dead/
[2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14950504W/Congo_Sphere_Eaters_of_the_Dead
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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.
