The United States of Vinland: The Landing (The Markland Settlement Saga)

What If The Descendants Of The Vikings Who Settled Greenland And Went On To Reach North America Around The End Of The First Millennium Were Still There Today?what If The Vikings Had Enjoyed A Five Hundred Year Head Start On Columbus In The New World? Would The Santa Maria Have Arrived To The South Of An Eastern Seaboard Dotted With Centuries Old Settlements Andtowns Hosting Devotees To Odin And Thor?what If The Vikings’ Descendants Had Gone On To Become Dominant Just As The United States Of America Has In Our Own World? A Millenniumafter Reaching Those Western Lands Would We Still Have Had Two World Wars? What Might The World Look Like? Where Might The Political And Religious Divides Be Drawn?welcome To Norse America... Following The Turn Of The First Millennium The Vikings Are Expanding Beyond Northern Europe By Way Of Axe And Trade. Their Spreading Influence And Settlements, Founded By Warriors, Farmers And Merchants, Can Not Only Be Found In The Far Flung Corners Of The Continent, But Also Across The Atlantic, Beyond The Stepping Stones Of The Faroe Islands And Iceland, As They Establish Themselves In The Newly Discovered Lands In The West.growing Influence Brings Wealth, And Together They Fire Contests Of Power, As The Viking Age Of Adventuring Free Spirits Gives Way To A World Of Newly Rising Kings. At The Same Time A Strengthening Tide Of Missionaries Proclaiming An Alien Faith Can Be Found In The Norse Homelands. The Agents Of The White Christ, Often In Alliance With The New Monarchs, Have Opened Divisions Between Themselves And Those Who Still Revere The Old Ways. Such Tensions Lead To Bloodshed And War, Yet The New Powers Are Ascendant. In This Time Of Turmoil A Young Man Has A Vision. Eskil, Orphaned In War, But Now A Man, Has Led His Followers To Found A Settlement In The West Dedicated To Odin And Asgard’s Gods. Therehe Will Build A New Realm, And After Tests, Adventures And Trials, He Will Leave A Legacy That Will Grow To Be The Strongest Nation The World Has Ever Seen. The Landing Will Be Launched At Supanova Melbourne & Gold Coast In April Where Colin Taber Will Be An Official Guest. Colin Will Also Be Making Appearances Atsupanova Sydney & Perth In June 2013. What if? What if the descendants of the Vikings who settled Greenland and went on to reach North America around the end of the first millennium had stayed? Five hundred years later, would Christopher Columbus have arrived to the south of an eastern seaboard dotted with centuries old settlements and towns hosting devotees to Thor and Odin? Might the Norse have gone on to build a nation as dominant as the United States of our own world? A thousand years after reaching Greenland, Vinland and Markland, would we still have had two world wars? What might the world look like? Where might the political and religious divides be drawn? This is the New World. *** At the turn of the first millennium: Eskil, orphaned in war, but now a man, is leading his followers to found a settlement dedicated to Asgards gods in the newly discovered lands in the west. There, after tests, adventures and challenges, he will leave a legacy that will grow to become the strongest nation the world has ever seen. The Landing is the first book in The United States of Vinland series and is an alternate history that begins the saga with the establishment of the first Markland halls. Welcome to Norse America. "What if the Vikings who settled Greenland and went on to reach North America at the turn of the first millennium had stayed? Eskil, orphaned in war but now a man, is leading his followers across the ocean to found a settlement dedicated to Asgard's gods in the newly discovered lands of the west. There, after tests, adventures and challenges, he will leave a legacy that will grow to become the greatest nation the world has ever seen. Welcome to Norse America." -- Provided by publisher