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The warm hands of ghosts : a novel / Katherine Arden.
"During the Great War, a combat nurse searches for her brother, believed dead in the trenches despite eerie signs that suggest otherwise, in this historical novel with a speculative twist"-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9780593128251 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 324 pages : map ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Del Rey, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024
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| Subject: | Missing persons > Fiction. Siblings > Fiction. Women nurses > Fiction. World War, 1914-1918 > Fiction. Belgium > Fiction. Canada > Armed Forces > Nurses > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Fantasy fiction. Novels. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Arden | 31681010360014 | FICTION | Checked out | 12/04/2025 |
- Baker & Taylor
In 1918, field nurse Laura Iven returns to Belgium to uncover the truth about her brother Freddieâs supposed death in combat, while Freddie, unable to return to the killing fields, takes refuge with a mysterious man who has the power to make the hellscape of the trenches disappear. - Baker & Taylor
"During the Great War, a combat nurse searches for her brother, believed dead in the trenches despite eerie signs that suggest otherwise, in this historical novel with a speculative twist"-- - Random House, Inc.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER ⢠During the Great War, a combat nurse searches for her brother, believed dead in the trenches despite eerie signs that suggest otherwise, in this hauntingly beautiful historical novel with a speculative twist, from the author of The Bear and the Nightingale.
âA wonderful clash of fire and iceâa book you wonât want to let go of.ââDiana Gabaldon, author of Outlander
âSpectacularâa tour de force, wonderful and deep and haunting.ââNaomi Novik, author of A Deadly Education
January 1918. Laura Iven was a revered field nurse until she was wounded and discharged from the medical corps, leaving behind a brother still fighting in Flanders. Now home in Halifax, Canada, Laura receives word of Freddieâs death in combat, along with his personal effectsâbut something doesnât make sense. Determined to uncover the truth, Laura returns to Belgium as a volunteer at a private hospital, where she soon hears whispers about haunted trenches and a strange hotelier whose wine gives soldiers the gift of oblivion. Could Freddie have escaped the battlefield, only to fall prey to somethingâor someoneâelse?
November 1917. Freddie Iven awakens after an explosion to find himself trapped in an overturned pillbox with a wounded enemy soldier, a German by the name of Hans Winter. Against all odds, the two form an alliance and succeed in clawing their way out. Unable to bear the thought of returning to the killing fields, especially on opposite sides, they take refuge with a mysterious man who seems to have the power to make the hellscape of the trenches disappear.
As shells rain down on Flanders and ghosts move among those yet living, Lauraâs and Freddieâs deepest traumas are reawakened. Now they must decide whether their world is worth salvagingâor better left behind entirely.
