The VIKINGS are WAITING!

The VIKINGS are waiting for the definitive novel about Ivarr the Boneless. They need wait no longer. THE SAGA OF IVARR THE BONELESS by Nabil Shaban, has arrived. Some may think it is possibly the greatest novel of the 21st century.
Ivarr the Boneless, a Danish Viking warlord of the 9th century, was born with a congenital disability which had the physical effect of restricting his growth, so that as an adult, he appeared of dwarf-like stature, and secondly, suffered from the bone condition of osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bones), which made his legs incapable of weight-bearing and unable to walk or stand. Thus, for mobility he had to be carried into battle, sitting on the back of a shield. This fictional story by Nabil Shaban, who also has the same impairments, is based on a narrative within an Icelandic saga about Ragnar Hairy Breeches. The saga describes how Ivarr the Boneless despite his disability, together with his brothers, invaded and conquered Northumbria, Mercia and East Anglia.
Author's Biograpgy.
Nabil Shaban, born in Jordan with the disability of brittle bones, rendering his useless for standing or walking and has to use a wheelchair for independent mobility. His parents brought him to England for medical treatment and institutional care. Went to special boarding school and colleges until he was qualified to study and acquire a Batchelor of Science degree Psychology and Philosophy at Surrey University. In 1980, he co-founded with Richard Tomlinson, the Graeae Theatre Company of Disabled Actors, and consequenly launched his professional career as a performer in theatre, television, film and radio, playing many diverse roles from Hamlet to Jesus, from Mack the Knife to Marquis de Sade, from alien Sil (Doctor Who) to Haile Selassie. He also became a writer of plays ("The First To Go" 1996; "I am the Walrus" 2001), television and film scripts ("Skin Horse" Channel Four 1983 - Royal TV Society Award; "The Fifth Gospel" BBC 1990; "Alien Who Lived in the Sheds" BBC 1997), poetry and novels ("The Ripper Code" 2008, "Diary of the Absurd" 2012).