Publisher's Synopsis
A sturdy tale of Norse days and the long career of Thorgils, a positive youth who grew into a man of action. He sailed on an expedition with Eric the Red and was shipwrecked. His party spent two years on an island, where some of his thralls revolted and killed his wife. But these wild circumstances had their ending; Thorgils returned to his own country and was acknowledged great even by those who had grown powerful in his absence.-Publishers Weekly, Volume 91