Eaters of the Dead
The year is A.D. 922. A refined Arab courtier, representative of the powerful Caliph of Baghdad, 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...
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The year is A.D. 922. A refined Arab courtier, representative of the powerful Caliph of Baghdad, 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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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780061782633 (0061782637)
ASIN: 61782637
Publish date: April 28th 2009
Publisher: Harper
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Listened to this after reading and both were after watching the film. To be brutally honest my favourite experience was the film. An Arab diplomat goes on adventures in northern viking lands and the events of Beowulf unfold, It's an interesting look at the story and the adventures that they have....
This was a great effort from Michael Crichton.
This is one of the rare cases where I like the film much more than the book. It's written in an unusual way (like a chronicle), which unfortunately means that all the plot, especially the action parts, is rather monotonous.
A kind of ingenious revision to the Beowulf epic - though I've never been a fan of the original. Crichton says in the afterword that the novel came about as something of a dare when a friend was compiling a college reading list that included the pieces of literature people think are too "boring" to ...
Really enjoyed this book.Creepy at times, funny at others, really worth reading.Pity that it was so short.Wonder how much of it is true.
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