Restless as a Viking is the memoir of an Icelandic-Canadian who began his career working on drilling rigs in the Alberta oil patch and ended up starting oil companies of his own. The stories of his work in the oil industry are combined with recollections of his family and reflections on some of the issues facing the world today, offering a uniquely personal insight into the life of a businessman. It is a book full of personality and wise memory, a memoir that looks as much to the future as it does to the past.