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ICE LAND is an epic tale of forbidden love. Set in the year 1000 AD, in the shadow of a smouldering volcano, it portrays a society on the brink of change, where the old values of loyalty and kinship are threatened by a new world order. Freya knows that her people are doomed. Warned by the Fates of an impending catastrophe, she goes in search of a magnificent gold necklace said to have the power to alter the course of history. But to obtain the necklace, she must pay a terrible price and sell herself to the four brothers who created it. Infused with the rich history and mythology of Iceland, Betsy Tobin's novel is a moving meditation on desire, the nature of belief and the redemptive power of the earth.

About the Author :
Betsy Tobin is the acclaimed author of four novels: BONE HOUSE, short-listed for the Commonwealth Prize and winner of a Herodotus Prize in America, THE BOUNCE, ICE LAND, and CRIMSON CHINA, a BBC Radio 4 Book-At-Bedtime and shortlisted for Epic Romantic Novel of the Year. Her books have been published throughout Europe and North America and two have been optioned for feature film. Betsy also writes for stage and radio, and is a past winner of the London Writers' Competition for her short story, JOYRIDE. Born and raised in the American Midwest, she now lives in London and Wales with her husband and four children, and teaches writing with Arvon and First Story.

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Tobin's descriptions of the natural relief of Iceland are triumphant. -- Time Out Tobin brings myth and history impressively to life. -- The Guardian A vivid evocation of an ancient volcanic land...Tobin combines the sensuality of Angela Carter with a profound feeling for a violent, unstable and fascinating landscape...this world pulses with subversion and unexpected passion. An elegy not merely to a different age...but crucially to a tradition of storytelling; the gathering around a bright fire to hear tales of hardship, magic and love. It is surprising just how resonant they still are. -- Telegraph Tobin's novels are dark and bloody, sensual and mythic. They are also set in a past that, thanks to her skill at inhabiting her characters, seems often more immediate than the world around us...Tobin inhabits this pagan land with the passion and intensity of her characters. -- Observer A lyrically written epic inspired by the beauty and history of that island, and the rich world of Norse mythology that infuses it...Tobin finds female complexity at the heart of Norse mythology. -- Sunday Telegraph One does not often meet a heroine with the power of flight, but Betsy Tobin's characters are hardly ordinary people...Not just a good story, but one of the greatest - beautifully told. -- The Times Tobin captures this world in all its complexity: the fierce feuds, the slyness and warmth of a people who will sacrifice a daughter to kin, and slit the throat of kin for the sake of a stranger. Here is a world where magic and mystery rise from the currents of nature and not in defiance of it. -- Independent on Sunday


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781783757220
  • Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
  • Publisher Imprint: Accent Press Ltd
  • Edition: Digital original
  • No of Pages: 304
  • ISBN-10: 1783757221
  • Publisher Date: 16 Dec 2014
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Language: English


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