{"product_id":"the-storm-beneath-a-midnight-sun-isbn-9781789095555","title":"The Storm Beneath a Midnight Sun","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe standalone follow up to Shadows of the Short Days is a gritty, dark fantasy novel for fans of China Mieville that will thrill readers as they explore Hrimland's dark, horrifying depths.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHANGE DOES NOT ALWAYS HAPPEN FOR THE BETTER.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWar on the mainland is draining Reykjavík. For some, the remote islands off Hrímland's coast are their only hope of survival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElka, a recovering addict, has fled there with her son Sölvi. In their village they find a new life - all thanks to the Deep, a peculiar power their neighbours praise for the booming fishing industry. Everything seems perfect, but Sölvi does not trust the people who take his mother in.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKari is a professor of sorcery, recruited for a career-making venture - an excavation of an ancient power. He must go deep into the magical wasteland, find what is buried there, and turn the tide of the war forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the world might not be ready for the storm he will unearth . . . and how far will a grieving woman go to find some peace, and what will she sacrifice?PRAISE FOR SHADOWS OF THE SHORT DAYS:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Set in a magical Reykjavik, with echoes of China Mieville and the New Weird\" \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A unique setting and a fantasy world reminiscent of China Mieville” Den of Geek\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Teeming with magic, dense with detail and with characters that not only leap off the page, but poke you in the eye as they do. Highly recommended’ JOANNE HARRIS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A masterfully crafted dark tale...one of the most ambitious, intense, original and thrilling debuts I've read in a long time’ \u003ci\u003eGrimdark Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘Shadows of the Short Days\u003c\/i\u003e is fresh and exciting: full of dark, demonic, revolutionary shenanigans’ PETER NEWMAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A heady mix of revolution, monsters and magic, this is a novel of alternative Reykjavik in which myth and religion are alive - and hungry’ ANNA STEPHENS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Norse mythology like you've never seen it before, set in a Reykjavik that you never knew existed - \u003ci\u003eShadows of the Short Days\u003c\/i\u003e is a new breed of fantasy’ EDWARD COX\u003ci\u003e, author of The Relic Guild\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘Shadows of the Short Days\u003c\/i\u003e is revolutionary fantasy fresher than a dip in a glacial stream.’ GAVIN SMITH\u003ci\u003e, author of The Bastard Legion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Readers who enjoy urban fantasy writers like China Miéville should enjoy this dark saga\" \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexander Dan Vilhjálmsson\u003c\/b\u003e is an Icelandic author who lives in Reykjavík. \u003ci\u003eShadows of the Short Days\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel. He writes in both Icelandic and English and is the founder and editor of Iceland’s first SFF magazine, Furðusögur (\u003ci\u003eWeird Stories\u003c\/i\u003e). Alexander is also the vocalist and lyricist for Icelandic black metal band Carpe Noctem.","brand":"Titan Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302564155621,"sku":"NP9781789095555","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781789095555.jpg?v=1767741667","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-storm-beneath-a-midnight-sun-isbn-9781789095555","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}