Has anyone read these?   They're making waves and I'd love to hear your reviews:

The Ringing Cedars Series by Vladimir Megré
http://www.ringingcedars.com/

afterword:   http://www.ringingcedars.com/materials/book-1-afterword.pdf

  
       
Route of Megré’s 1994 trade trip         Path of the convoy’s itinerary

I'm reading Anastasia right now and LOVE it . . . it's the first non-fiction I've read in 3 years since My Ishmael