- this edition published by Random House 2022
- translated from Icelandic by Victoria Cribb
- ISBN 978-0-241-49366-3
- 324 pages
Synopsis (publisher)
Four friends. One night. Not everyone will come out alive . . .
In a deadly Icelandic snowstorm, four friends break into an abandoned hunting lodge, hoping to wait out the storm until morning.
But nothing can prepare them for what's inside...
With no other option, they are forced to spend a terrifying night in the cabin: watching as intently and silently as they themselves are being watched. As the night darkens, old secrets spill into the light, and tensions rise between the four friends. Soon it's clear that what they've discovered in the cabin is far from the only mystery lurking there.
Nor the only thing to be afraid of...
My Take
The story opens with the group of four friends battling through a snow storm to find shelter in an abandoned hut. They have come to this remote area in Iceland to hunt ptarmigan but the weather has closed in. They were university students together but haven't met for a number of years, so this is a sort of reunion. The snowstorm emphasises how treacherous Icelandic weather can be. The days are short and darkness closes in quickly. When they find the hut the door is padlocked and they need to break in.
Terrified by what they discover inside, they decide that two of them will go back for help.
We gradually piece together bits of the past through narratives from each of the group.
A very atmospheric thriller.
My rating: 4.6
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