Meadowland

In 1037 a senior civil servant of the Byzantine empire faces a tedious journey to Greece escorting the Army payroll. His only companions are a detachment of the Empire's elite Guard recruited from Viking Scandinavia.

When the wagon sheds a wheel he passes the time talking with two veterans who have a remarkable story to tell; the Viking discovery of America.As he records the story years later he also considers its effect on the fourth member of the party; a young Norwegian guardsman who went on to become King Harald Hardradi who died invading England in 1066 ...