I couldn't put this down. Wow. I am especially intrigued by the working of the law and its relationship to violence in 10th century Iceland. And I absolutely adore the unadorned prose. "They made for Thrain's men. Grim and Helgi singled out Hrapp and attacked him at once. Hrapp swung his axe at Grim, but Helgi, seeing this, hacked off Hrapp's arm. The axe fell to the ground. Hrapp said, 'What you have done certainly needed doing; that hand has brought harm and death to many.' 'This will put an end to all that,' said Grim, and ran him through with a spear. Hrapp fell dead."