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Red Winter
Dan Smith
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The chilling, sophisticated new historical thriller from the acclaimed writer of THE CHILD THIEF.
'A superbly shivery atmosphere' THE TIMES
'A gripping thriller' SUNDAY TIMES
Russia, 1920. Kolya has deserted his Red Army unit and returns home to bury his brother and reunite with his wife and sons. But he finds the village silent and empty. The men have been massacred in the forest. The women and children have disappeared.
In this remote, rural community the folk tales mothers tell their children by candlelight take on powerful significance and the terrifying legend of The Deathless One begins to feel very real. Kolya sets out on a journey through dense, haunting forests and across vast plains as bitter winter sets in, in the desperate hope he will find his family. But there are very dark things in his past - and there's someone, or something, on his trail...
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Praise for Red Winter
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A gripping thriller with real depth of character - SUNDAY TIMESOnce again Dan Smith has produced a first class historical thriller that will satisfy the most demanding of crime fans ... Smith's prose is crisp, his sense of pace flawless and his appreciation of the mundane terrors of warfare nothing short of masterly - CRIMEFICTIONLOVERA superbly shivery atmosphere - THE TIMESShowing the same skills that he exercised in his previous novel, Smith has fashioned a story of page-turning intensity - SUNDAY TIMESSmith succeeds in creating a narrative that is both an engrossing thriller and the story of a man struggling in the grip of historical events that he only partially understands - SUNDAY TIMESThis is a pursuit thriller of the highest quality, reminiscent of the classic of the genre, Geoffrey Household's ROGUE MALE - IRISH INDEPENDENT on The Child ThiefAn atmospheric and intriguing debut ... haunting stuff from a new writer to watch - MAIL ON SUNDAY on The Dry Season
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