After being blown off course, Irish monks stumble upon a mysterious island. Little do they realize but they?ve located Newfoundland, 500 years before any viking. What follows is a tale of clergymen and trappers, warriors and raiders, sailors and kings. Irish, Britons, and Norsemen clash with each other while Native Americans, in the absence of gunpowder, undergo dramatic changes in technology and power. The Legacy of Saint Brendan tells the story of this strange New World.