Would you read this book?

(Greenland, 1409)

In a world where all Norse are now Christians, one tribe strikes out on their own, looking for a place to make a settlement where they can follow the old ways. But the warming trend in the climate that made farming possible for the Norse in Greenland is over and the Little Ice Age has begun. The only way to survive in Greenland is to live as the Inuit live, but to live as the Inuit live is to no longer be Norse.

This is the world Thordís Thorrgilsdottír is born into. When her father, who was both chieftain and priest, is murdered, Thordís takes up the mantle of leadership for this wayward clan. But where should she lead them? Back to the Norse Settlements, where being a member of the community is only possible if one converts to the new religion? Or should she accept the Inuit’s offer to help her people adopt their lifestyle, knowing that the Norse ways would be forgotten in a few generations?

Thordís searches for a third option. Her quest takes her to the spirit world, where a man she’s never met seems to know her very well, and to the future, where a pair of siblings must choose whether to help her return to rescue her own people or keep her with them, where she could be the key to saving their own family.

And in the end Thordís will have to decide whether her own destiny lies with that of her people or somewhere else entirely.




(You'll forgive me, but I just had to start with "In a world where...")