Uncorrected Proof. 8vo. Pp. [vi], 361, [1]. Printed wraps.
Author's third novel. Riding out WWI in his family's country estate near Smolensk, naturalist Charlie Doig finds himself trapped during a snowstorm with a motley group of aristocrats, servants, and soldiers, one of whom may be a Bolshevik out to destroy them all.
"A cracking story... the narrative, the dialogue and the intensity of Doig's emotions drive the story to a savage climax that reads like a modern thriller. It is the best sort of historical novel." –Honor Clerk, The Spectator