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.” — Everyone knows of the horses of Iceland, wild, and small, and free, but few have heard their story. Sarah Tolmie’s 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, 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. is a delve into the secret, imagined history of Iceland's unusual horses, brought to life by an expert storyteller.