Black Viking

This story begins in 846 AD in Rogaland. The konung has an unusual son, who will be named Geirmund Heljarskinn, or Geirmund Black Skin. Almost no information has survived about him, and moreover, his descendants made considerable efforts to erase even the memory of him. It is known that his mother was from Siberia, and he was born with Mongoloid facial features. Geirmund became the 'Black Viking', the most powerful settler of Iceland. He was one of the first to engage in hunting, conducted international trade, and owned hundreds of Christian slaves from Scotland and Ireland. 1100 years later, a distant relative of Geirmund, the writer Bergsveinn Birgisson, thought to restore his biography and understand the reasons that led to Geirmund's historical oblivion. Fragments of ancient manuscripts, modern genetic research, information gathered during expeditions to distant lands create a captivating narrative about a distant past, rich in unexpected plot twists. The romantic and brutal era of the Vikings has probably never been viewed from this angle.

Scientific editor Alexander Khlevov, literary editor Olga Markelova