In the freezing Norwegian winter of 1581 the plague robs seventeen year-old Silje Arngrimsdotter of all her family. Homeless, starving and shepherding two newly-orphaned infants, she heads in desperation for the warmth of the funeral pyres blazing beyond the city gates of corpselittered Trondheim. But in the shadowy forest one of the infamous Ice People, a strangely captivating `wolf man' comes to her aid...
The whole saga which opens with Spellbound spans four centuries and interweaves historical European events, romance and the supernatural in engrossing narratives that are always passionate, earthy, mystical, often erotic and imbued above all else with a powerful narrative drive.
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In English now for the first time - The Legend of the Ice People has already captivated 25 million readers across Europe.
Winter 1581: a deadly plague outbreak robs sixteen-year-old peasant girl Silje of all her family. Homeless, starving and shepherding two abandoned children, she stumbles out of the corpse-strewn streets of Trondheim on Norway's northern coast.
Heading desperately for the warmth of the mass funeral pyres blazing beyond the city gates, she encounters in the shadowy forest one of the infamous Ice People, a fearsome, strangely captivating "wolf man". He offers help - and she feels irresistibly drawn to him. But what is the terrible fascination? And where will it lead?
Spellbound, the opening novel in the Legend of the Ice People series, begins a journey that spans four centuries and interweaves romance and the supernatural in stories that are passionate, earthy, often erotic and distinguished above all else by their powerful narrative drive.
"Loved by the masses, the prolific Margit Sandemo has written more than 170 novels to date, and is Scandinavia's most widely read author." Mia Gahne, Scanorama magazine
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