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All the Horses of Iceland
- Author
- Sarah Tolmie
- Narrator
- Ulf Bjorklund
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 18 October 2022
- Run Time
- 2 hours 24 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Everyone knows of the horses of Iceland, wild, and small, and free, but few have heard their story. Sarah Tolmie's All the Horses of Iceland weaves their mystical origin into a saga for the modern age. Filled with the magic and darkened whispers of a people on the cusp of major cultural change, All the Horses of Iceland tells the tale of a Norse trader, his travels through Central Asia, and the ghostly magic that followed him home to the land of fire, stone, and ice. His search for riches will take him from Helmgard, through Khazaria, to the steppes of Mongolia, where he will barter for horses and return with much, much more.
All the Horses of Iceland is a delve into the secret, imagined history of Iceland's unusual horses, brought to life by an expert storyteller.
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Details
- Author
- Sarah Tolmie
- Narrator
- Ulf Bjorklund
- Duration
- 2 hours 24 minutes
- Release Date
- 18 October 2022
- ISBN
- 9798765059883
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Fiction: general and literary, Historical fantasy, Fantasy
Synopsis
A hypnotic historical fantasy with gorgeous and unusual literary prose, from the captivating author of The Fourth Island.Everyone knows of the horses of Iceland, wild, and small, and free, but few have heard their story. Sarah Tolmie's All the Horses of Iceland weaves their mystical origin into a saga for the modern age. Filled with the magic and darkened whispers of a people on the cusp of major cultural change, All the Horses of Iceland tells the tale of a Norse trader, his travels through Central Asia, and the ghostly magic that followed him home to the land of fire, stone, and ice. His search for riches will take him from Helmgard, through Khazaria, to the steppes of Mongolia, where he will barter for horses and return with much, much more.All the Horses of Iceland is a delve into the secret, imagined history of Iceland's unusual horses, brought to life by an expert storyteller.
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