The Thrall's Tale

The mesmerizing chronicle of three tenth-century Viking women whose lives are inextricably bound by fateThe Thrall’s Taleis a masterpiece of historical fiction that follows Katla, a slave, her daughter Bibrau, and their mistress Thorbjorg, a prophetess of the Norse god Odin, as they navigate the stormy waters of love, revenge, faith, and deception in the Viking Age settlements of tenth–century Greenland. Lindbergh’s lyrical prose captures the tenuousness of lives led on the edge of the known world, the pain of loyalties shattered by Christian conversion, and the deepest desires hidden in the human heart. A book that has appeal for readers of fantasy and romance as well as historical and literary fiction, The Thrall’s Taleis an absorbing cultural saga researched and written over ten years as Lindbergh immersed herself in the literature, artifacts, and landscape of her characters’ lives and world.

Judith Lindbergh-'s work has appeared in Archaeology magazine and in connection with the Smithsonian-'s exhibition Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga. The Thrall-'s Tale is her first novel.