Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-243).
Note
"Previously published by Ballantine Books under the movie title of, The 13th Warrior"--Title page verso.
Summary
It is 922 A.D. The refined Arab courtier Ibn Fadlan is accompanying a party of Viking warriors back to the north. Fadlan belatedly discovers that his job is to combat the terrors in the night that come to slaughter the Vikings--but just how he will do it, Fadlan has no idea.