Where Blood Runs Cold

<p><strong>** WINNER OF THE 2022 WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE **</strong><br /><br /><strong><em>THE TIMES</em>' THRILLER OF THE MONTH</strong><br /><br />'A <strong>heart-pounding </strong>survival thriller set in the starkly beautiful far north of Norway. <strong>Gripping and adrenalin-fuelled</strong>, yet also written with a tenderness that warms even the most chilling of chases.' LUCY CLARKE, author of <em>The Castaways</em><br /><br />Erik Amdahl and his spirited daughter, Sofia, have embarked on a long-promised cross-country ski trip deep into Norway's arctic circle. For Erik, it's the chance to bond properly with his remaining daughter following a tragic accident. For Sofia, it's the proof she needs that her father does care.<br /><br />Then, far from home in this snowbound wilderness, with night falling and the mercury plummeting, an accident sends them in search of help - and shelter. Nearby is the home of a couple - members of Norway's indigenous Sami people - who they've met before, and who welcome them in. Erik is relieved.<br />He believes the worst is over. He thinks that Sofia is now safe. He could not be more wrong.<br />Because he and Sofia are not the old couple's only visitors that night - and soon he and his daughter will be running for their lives . . .<br /><br />And beneath the swirling light show of the Northern Lights, a desperate fight ensues - of man against man, of man against nature - a fight for survival that plays out across the snow and ice.<br /><br />A story of endurance and of the desperate, instinctive will to survive, of a father's love for his child, of knowing when to let go - and of a daughter's determination to prove herself worthy of that love, <em>Where Blood Runs Cold </em>is a pulse-racing thriller from a master storyteller.<br /><br /><strong>'A terrific winter chiller . . . u</strong><strong>tterly gripping.' </strong>AMY McCULLOCH, author of <em>Breathless</em></p>