The Viking's Kurdish Love: A True Story of Zoroastrians' Fight for Survival

Born in Birka, a Viking trading center built on an island west of today's Stockholm, Sweden, Ivar is 16-year-old and has hope of finding happiness with a slave-girl from Mercia. However, his high hope ends in year 988 when his Dad, Halvdan, sends her to the slave markets and forces him to accompany him on new raids.It proves to be a life-altering journey that changes them forever.Two years later, Halvdan joins the Varangian guard in Constantinople, yearning to find a better life. Unfortunate chain of events brings Ivar to Upper Mesopotamia in 997.When he arrives in Miafarqin, searching for his Dad, he falls in love with Vesta, an attractive Kurdish, Zoroastrian doctor, and she in turn falls in love with him. They decide to bind their fates at a time when a ruthless invasion and a large-scale, lamentable migration into Kurdland are still ongoing. The Kurds vow to fight for their freedom, determined to win a persistent battle for survival. As the new normal begins to emerge, the bloodthirsty invaders are breathing fear and tyranny into Vesta's society.What does destiny have in store for them? Read more