This saga chronicles the journey of a Welsh prince who sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean in 1170. Three centuries before Columbus, he established a new Welsh colony in North America. The narrative focuses on the settlers' struggle for survival in an alien landscape and their encounters with Native American tribes. It's an epic tale of courage, discovery, and cultural clashes.
A.D. 1170-Embittered by the tyranny of the English monarchy, Welsh prince Madoc sailed with ships of settlers across the Western Ocean in search of a new home. Three centuries before Columbus, he landed on the southern coast of North America and there founded a colony of free Welsh in fertile but alien terrain. As they sought to carve out a settlement, they encountered tribes of Native Americans-and shared their struggle to survive in a wild land.
The legend continuesA.D. 1171 In their dragon ship, the Welshmen invade the Mississippi heartland... The front cover is a digitally enhanced pictograph from the early historic period showing Indian canoe men confronting an uktena or river dragon of legend and nightmare.