{"product_id":"wolf-winter","title":"Wolf Winter","description":"\u003cp\u003eA compelling historical thriller set in 1700s Sweden from an exciting new literary talent.  \"Exquisitely suspenseful  beautifully written  and highly recommended.\" -- Lee Child  \"Visually acute  skillfully written; it wont easily erase its tracks in the readers mind.\" -- Hilary Mantel  \"Wolf winter \" she said  her voice small. \"I wanted to ask about it. You know  what it is.\" He was silent for a long time. \"Its the kind of winter that will remind us we are mortal \" he said. \"Mortal and alone.\"  Swedish Lapland  1717. Maija  her husband Paavo and her daughters Frederika and Dorotea arrive from their native Finland  hoping to forget the traumas of their past and put down new roots in this harsh but beautiful land. Above them looms Blackn  a mountain whose foreboding presence looms over the valley and whose dark history seems to haunt the lives of those who live in its shadow.  While herding the familys goats on the mountain  Frederika happens upon the mutilated body of one of their neighbors  Eriksson. The death is dismissed as a wolf attack  but Maija feels certain that the wounds could only have been inflicted by another man. Compelled to investigate despite her neighbors strange disinterest in the death and the fate of Erikssons widow  Maija is drawn into the dark history of tragedies and betrayals that have taken place on Blackn. Young Frederika finds herself pulled towards the mountain as well  feeling something none of the adults around her seem to notice.  As the seasons change  and the \"wolf winter \" the harshest winter in memory  descends upon the settlers  Paavo travels to find work  and Maija finds herself struggling for her familys survival in this land of winter-long darkness. As the snow gathers  the settlers secrets are increasingly laid bare. Scarce resources and the never-ending darkness force them to come together  but Maija  not knowing who to trust and who may betray her  is determined to find the answers for herself. Soon  Maija discovers the true cost of survival under the mountain  and what it will take to make it to spring.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986614284341,"sku":"ByrdShop_1602862524","price":67.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781602862524.jpg?v=1770910967","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/wolf-winter","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}