All the Horses of Iceland (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781250807939)

A New York Times Best Fantasy of 2022!

"All the Horses of Iceland is a slim and beautiful chronicle in the tradition of Naomi Mitchison and Ursula K. Le Guin. ...The result is a sorcerous journey through hospitality and enchantment." --The New York Times

A hypnotic historical fantasy with gorgeous and unusual literary prose, from the captivating author of The Fourth Island.

Everyone knows of the horses of Iceland, wild, and small, and free, but few have heard their story. Sarah Tolmie's All the Horses of Iceland weaves their mystical origin into a saga for the modern age. Filled with the magic and darkened whispers of a people on the cusp of major cultural change, All the Horses of Iceland tells the tale of a Norse trader, his travels through Central Asia, and the ghostly magic that followed him home to the land of fire, stone, and ice. His search for riches will take him from Helmgard, through Khazaria, to the steppes of Mongolia, where he will barter for horses and return with much, much more.

All the Horses of Iceland is a delve into the secret, imagined history of Iceland's unusual horses, brought to life by an expert storyteller.

Author: Sarah Tolmie
ISBN-10: 125080793X
ISBN-13: 9781250807939
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2022
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.00w x 0.50d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 12/20/2021
Booklist 01/12/2022