"The Bondman: A New Saga" by Sir Hall Caine is a best-selling novel set in the Isle of Man and Iceland. It revolves around two half brothers, the one, Jason, sworn to avenge the wrongs done by their father; the other, Michael, sworn to rectify these wrongs. They both fall in love with the same woman and their travels take them between the Isle of Man and Iceland, crossing personal upheavals, political revolutions and natural disasters.