Michael Ridpath
Mount Hekla
Mount Hekla. Iceland’s most active volcano and the medieval “Mouth of Hell”. In my fictional saga, which was the inspiration for Tolkien to write Lord of the Rings, this is the Mount Doom into which a Viking tosses the magic ring that he discovered in the Rhine. There are bits of Iceland that look a lot like Mordor. In my novel "Where The Shadows Lie", this lost saga turns up, and a professor is murdered. Would people kill for the saga that inspired Tolkien? You bet they would! My detective Magnus has to work whodunnit.
To find out more see www.michaelridpath.com .
Mount Hekla
Mount Hekla. Iceland’s most active volcano and the medieval “Mouth of Hell”. In my fictional saga, which was the inspiration for Tolkien to write Lord of the Rings, this is the Mount Doom into which a Viking tosses the magic ring that he discovered in the Rhine. There are bits of Iceland that look a lot like Mordor. In my novel "Where The Shadows Lie", this lost saga turns up, and a professor is murdered. Would people kill for the saga that inspired Tolkien? You bet they would! My detective Magnus has to work whodunnit.
To find out more see www.michaelridpath.com .