From the award-winning author of Moskva and Nightfall Berlin, a gripping suspense-filled thriller in the frozen North . . .

‘Cold War conspiracies build to a bloody climax in the snow’ The Times, Thriller of the Month
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Winter, 1987. The Kola Peninsula, northern Russia.

A secret, underground research station is destroyed in an explosion.
Coming months after the Chernobyl disaster, the Soviets will do anything to conceal the incident. Which is bad news for British Arctic researcher Dr Amelia Blackburn who stumbles on the truth . . .

Lost in frozen, endless night, Kola is as difficult to survive in as it is impossible to get into or out of without the Soviets noticing. But those are Major Tom Fox’s orders: find Amelia, learn what she knows, leave. His chances of success drop with the temperature.

But Fox, a widower desperate to see his son again, has one thing the Soviets chasing him lack. A light to guide him in the darkness . . .
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‘For those who enjoy vintage le Carré’ Ian Rankin

‘The new le Carré’ BBC Radio 2 The Sara Cox Show

‘A proper page-turning high stakes thriller’ Crime Time

‘A damned fine writer’ Independent


British Science Fiction Award winner, 2006

"PRAISE FOR JACK GRIMWOOD" - -

"This a proper page-turning high stakes thriller" - Crime Time

"Grimwood is a damned fine writer" - Independent

"The new le Carré . . . an absolutely brilliant page turner . . . if you love thrillers, Jack Grimwood is a name you need to remember" - BBC Radio 2 The Sara Cox Show

"Spring's best thriller" - Observer

"An intriguing thriller" - Literary Review

"Mesmerising, surefooted, vividly realised . . . something special in the arena of international thrillers" - Daily Telegraph

"Even better than Child 44 . . . A blizzard of exciting set pieces, superbly realized" - Daily Telegraph

"An extraordinarily atmospheric and immersive read ... escapism at its best" - Good Housekeeping

"The thriller of the summer ... Grimwood raises the stakes in this dark, twisty tale" - iPaper

"Fact and fiction merge in what they used to call a rip-roaring yarn that is totally credible. Excellent" - Sun

"Matches Robert Harris, Joseph Kanon, Ken Follett and John le Carré thrill for thrill" - What's On Glasgow

"Top-notch . . . the suspense never wavers" - Crimetime

"Highly entertaining . . . The plot is splendidly complicated. Like most good adventure novels set in recognizable history, Grimwood offers readers an enticing "what if?"" - Scotsman

"Note-perfect, multi-layered, rugged as a T-34 tank. Grimwood is about to become your new favourite thriller writer" - What's On Glasgow

"The writing is elegant, the dialogue razor sharp, the characters drawn economically but effectively, and the action is unrelenting" - Crime Time

"The superior spy thriller of the year. Le Carré fans will be delighted" - Scotsman