The Swell by Kat Gordon

 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.

'Spellbinding . . .I could not put The Swell down' Anya Bergman'A deeply satisfying, deftly woven novel of female power and resistance' Anna Hope'Bewitching . . .as beautiful as it is haunting' Freya Berry'Addictive and twisty' Liza Klaussman'Gripping, bewitching and laced with atmosphere' Harriet Constable'Atmospheric . . .Kat Gordon is a master storyteller' Cathryn Kemp

Format:Paperback / softback 312 pages
Publisher:Bonnier Books Ltd
Imprint:Manilla Press
ISBN:9781786585110
Published:22 Jan 2026
Classifications:Classical texts, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical fiction