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 . . .
Michael Crichton wurde 1942 in Chicago geboren und studierte in Harvard Medizin. Alle seine Romane "Andromeda", "Der große Eisenbahnraub", "Jurassic Park", "Enthüllung", "Die Wiege der Sonne", "Sphere", "Timeline" und viele mehr wurden auch als Filme weltweite Erfolge. Crichton ist der Schöpfer der weltweit erfolgreichen Fernsehserie "ER Emergency Room". Michael Crichton erlag am 4. November 2008 einem Krebsleiden.
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