Book Synopsis:
Alone and stranded in the Arctic wasteland, would you risk your life to save a stranger or try to get home?
Paul is a father-to-be; traumatised by his past, he’s terrified of becoming a father after his own beat him until he was unilaterally deaf. While working as a freelance cameraman in the Arctic, he’s caught in a blizzard, separated from his crew, and falls into a chasm. Alone, and waiting for death to come, personal demons plague his mind.
When a young native girl falls into the chasm with him, Paul must learn how to accept responsibility and what it takes to give your life for a child.
FERAL SNOW, while a tense and action-packed story, is an intimate journey between two polar opposites and how love can be forged in the unlikeliest of circumstances.
It has been compared to The Revenant, 127 Hours, and The Road by Cormac McCarthy.
Feral Snow is available in ebook and paperback now. The ebook is currently only £1.99. You can purchase your copy using the link below.
My Review:
Feral Snow is an incredibly tense, gripping read which is hard to believe is a debut novel. It’s a fairly dark read at times but the author also manages to inject a bit of humour and compassion into the story which balances it out nicely.
The setting in this book was absolutely beautiful and I loved the wonderful descriptions of the hostile atmosphere the two characters find themselves. The way the author describes the snow, the silence and wildlife was incredibly vivid which help me to picture it in my mind. At times the setting almost seemed like a sinister character working against the characters as they tried to survive.
The two main characters were fabulous creations that I really enjoyed following throughout the book. Paul was quite a troubled character with a difficult past. When he’s stranded he has a lot of time to think which gives the reader an insight into his inner thoughts. Through this we learn more about him and start to understand his decision to travel so far when his wife is about to give birth. My favourite character was Nanny who I absolutely loved and found it hard to believe was only 12 years old. She’s an incredibly strong, tough girl and I loved watching how she helps Paul confront his past. Watching how Paul changes as a result was wonderful to read about.
Overall I really enjoyed this fast paced read which was very hard to put down. There was always something happening with Paul and Nanny seemingly bouncing from one disaster to the next. The author cleverly manages to include some information about global warming into the story which I found very interesting to learn about. There’s more to it then just the ice melting which I don’t think I’d realised before. It was definitely very thought provoking and I’ve continued to think about this book long after reading.
Huge thanks to Anne Cater for inviting me onto the blog tour and for my copy of this book.
About The Author:
Mark Lowes is a former teacher, current early childhood educator, and future dad. He lives in Cardiff, Wales, UK, and is sometimes found lamenting over how awful his football team is. While he’s not working with deaf children and their families, he’s writing dark and twisty fiction. Mark is the winner of Litopia’s Pop-Up Submissions and of a pitch contest at the Cardiff Book Festival.
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Thanks for the blog tour support Jo x
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