In places of darkness, women will rise . . .
Iceland, 1910. In the middle of a severe storm two sisters—Freyja and Gudrun—rescue a mysterious, charismatic man from a shipwreck near their remote farm.
Sixty-five years later, a young woman—Sigga—is spending time with her grandmother when they learn a body has been discovered on a mountainside near Reykjavik, perfectly preserved in ice.
Moving between the turn of the twentieth century and the 1970s as a dark mystery is unravelled, The Swell is a spellbinding, beautifully atmospheric read, rich in Icelandic myth.
KAT GORDON is the author of The Artificial Anatomy of Parks and An Unsuitable Woman. Having lived in Budapest and Reykjavik, she is currently settled in London with her partner and their son.View all by Kat Gordon
