Burdens of Bjarni Herjolfsson

Born into a harsh Icelandic world shaped by wind, law, and obligation, Bjarni grows into a skilled merchant captain whose life is defined not by conquest but by loyalty. When family duty draws him across the North Atlantic, storms drive his ship far beyond known routes, and he becomes the first European to lay eyes on the forested shores of North America. Yet Bjarni does not land. He turns away, c...