The Journeyer is a historical novel about Marco Polo, written by Gary Jennings and first published in 1984.

When he is falsely accused of murdering the husband of his lover, he is exiled from Venice and travels east with his father and uncle to the court of Kublai Khan, Mongol emperor of the orient.

Marco remains in the empire for nearly twenty years and returns home as a wealthy man.

His mother dies when he is seven, and he becomes increasingly unruly as he is raised by family servants like Zia Zulia, and their black slave Michiel.

Marco becomes even more uncontrollable when Zia Zulia and Michiel are caught sleeping together and subsequently run away.