Njall & the One-eyed Lord
is a story of violence and adventure set against the backdrop of life in the late ninth century North Atlantic. However, it is more than just a lurid tale of blood and lust, the standard fare of most "viking novels." It is ultimately the story of one man's journey from adolescent heroic fantasies to more mature time-transcending wisdom. Based primarily on the opening chapters of the Orkneyinga Saga, this book is peopled with such larger than life characters as Harald Fine-hair, Rognvald the Wise, Aud the Deep-minded, and Ketil Flatnose. But it also describes the common folk of the Orkneys - Norse, Picts, and Celts - their day to day activities, loves, hopes, and sorrows in this remote time and place. This book is a must read for anyone interested in the Vikings, ancient Scotland, and the Northern Isles.

"I just finished Njall & The One-eyed Lord last night and it was a rattling good yarn. Reading it became very real as I sat beside the peat fire with a glass of whisky."
- Lord Malcolm, Earl of Caithness, Chief of Clan Sinclair & lineal descendant of the Earls of Orkney

ISBN 1-891845-18-7
246 pages
6 x 9" paperback
$16.95