The Traveler

His compatriots did not believe him. The Venetians thought that Marco Polo's exotic tales of distant journeys were exaggerations, if not outright lies. When he lay on his deathbed, a priest, relatives, and friends gave him one last chance to confess his deceit, and Marco Polo replied: «I have not told half of what I saw». This is what the novel «The Traveler» is dedicated to — telling readers what Marco Polo left unsaid, and believe me, the wonders and adventures in Gary Jennings' book are more than even in the «fables» of the great traveler.