In the 1970s, a body is found perfectly preserved in the ice near Reykjavik. Decades earlier, two sisters unravel the truth of the evil in their community. Spellbinding, deeply atmospheric and steeped in Icelandic myth, a gorgeous read ?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 20th century and the 1970s as a dark mystery is unravelled, The Swell is a spellbinding, beautifully atmospheric read, rich in Icelandic myth.
