**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.