# The Swell

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- Authors: [Kat Gordon](https://www.bookquiver.com/kat-gordon)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2026-01-22
- Genres: Fiction: literary and general non-genre, Science fiction, Fantasy

## Description

'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 KempIN 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.

## Editions

### The Swell

- Publisher: Bonnier
- ISBN: 978-17-8658-511-0
- Pages: 336
- Published: 2026-01-22
- Language: en_US