<p><b>'Spellbinding . . . I could not put <i>The Swell </i>down' Anya Bergman<br>'A d</b><b>eeply satisfying, deftly woven novel of female power and resistance' Anna Hope</b><br><b>'Bewitching . . . as beautiful as it is haunting' Freya Berry<br></b><b>'Addictive and twisty' Liza Klaussman</b><br><b>'Gripping, bewitching and laced with atmosphere' Harriet Constable</b><br><b>'Atmospheric . . . Kat Gordon is a master storyteller' Cathryn Kemp</b><br><i><b><br>IN PLACES OF DARKNESS, WOMEN WILL RISE . . . </b></i><br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br><b>Moving between the turn of the 20th century and the 1970s as a dark mystery is unravelled, The Swell is a spellbinding, beautifully atmospheric read, rich in Icelandic myth. </b></p>