TOR, New York, 1986, 1st pr thus.  ISBN 0-812-55206-7.  MMPB, 253 pages.  Wraps show some edge wear, small scar at upper left, reading creases on spine and along front spine edge; binding sound with a bit of a lean.  Book store stamp on blurb page; remainder of interior clean and unmarked with tanning pages; small pen mark on fore-edge page block.  ‘In 1450 A.D. Treeland is home to the glorious Vikings, but it is also a land of many other peoples:  Christian Norsemen, Spanish Muslims, Norwegian pagans, and Skraelings, the original inhabitants of America.  One man, cast from his homeland for kinslaying, cuts a swath through the very heart of this sprawling country.  In a journey which begins on the eastern coast and nearly ends on the blood-drenched pyramids of Mexico, Hring Kristjanson reshapes his world.  Driven by a relentless determination to survive, Hring willingly sacrifices all to rule now and forever as King of the Wood.’ (from rear wrap)