Picked in "The Times" as book of the month. In the dark midwinter of tenth-century Iceland, two friends set out on an adventure with fatal consequences. An evocative and transporting read for fans of "Burial Rites".

Tim Leach is a graduate of the Warwick Writing Programme, where he now teaches as an Assistant Professor. His first novel, The Last King of Lydia, was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize, and A Winter War, the first in the Sarmatian Trilogy, was shortlisted for the HWA Gold Crown Award.
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