Eaters of the Dead

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Michael Crichton

From the bestselling author of Jurassic Park, an epic tale of unspeakable horrorThe 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 . . .“Crichton knows how to craft a tale, one that keeps the reader turning the pages.”—Houston Chronicle“Michael Crichton is one of our most gifted popular novelists. A true son of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells. . . . A master of plausible and frightening scenarios. . . . He is a connoisseur of catastrophe.”—Los Angeles Times

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Author

Michael Crichton

Pages

291

Publisher

Harper Collins

Published Date

2006-08-29

ISBN

0060891564 9780060891565

Ratings

Google: 3

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"Great storytelling, on Crichton's part. Even though he would make you believe it's all translated from an old manuscript, that is in fact only true of the first three chapters. The rest is complete fiction (some "pedantic footnotes" may have you fooled)."

Michael Prentice

"It's Beowulf, but told from the perspective of a foreigner. Not the best Crichton book out there, but an enjoyable read."

Rachel Temp

"Brilliant combination of the epic of Beowulf with real life journey of Ibn Fadlan! And what a fabulous use of the suspension of disbelief. If you're not careful, you might take the whole story to be true. Highly recommend!!"

Schwap Niel

"Eaters of the Dead was an overall good book. The first half of the book goes really slow and gives you a lot of information that ends up being pertinent to the end of the book. You see how people from two different cultures with different beliefs see each other as they meet and how their opinions of each other change over time. If you can tolerate the first half of the book which reads more like a history lesson than a work of fiction, it'll be worth it in the end as the second half of the book is a real page turner."

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Chris Hicks

"Not one of his best"