Record Details

Catalog Search

Search The Catalog



The warm hands of ghosts [electronic resource] : A novel. Katherine Arden.

Arden, Katherine. (Author).

Summary:

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • During the Great War, a combat nurse searches for her brother, believed dead in the trenches despite eerie signs that suggest otherwise, in this hauntingly beautiful historical novel with a speculative twist, from the author of The Bear and the Nightingale . “A wonderful clash of fire and ice—a book you won’t want to let go of.”—Diana Gabaldon, author of Outlander “Spectacular—a tour de force, wonderful and deep and haunting.”—Naomi Novik, author of  A Deadly Education January 1918. Laura Iven was a revered field nurse until she was wounded and discharged from the medical corps, leaving behind a brother still fighting in Flanders. Now home in Halifax, Canada, Laura receives word of Freddie’s death in combat, along with his personal effects—but something doesn’t make sense. Determined to uncover the truth, Laura returns to Belgium as a volunteer at a private hospital, where she soon hears whispers about haunted trenches and a strange hotelier whose wine gives soldiers the gift of oblivion. Could Freddie have escaped the battlefield, only to fall prey to something—or someone—else? November 1917. Freddie Iven awakens after an explosion to find himself trapped in an overturned pillbox with a wounded enemy soldier, a German by the name of Hans Winter. Against all odds, the two form an alliance and succeed in clawing their way out. Unable to bear the thought of returning to the killing fields, especially on opposite sides, they take refuge with a mysterious man who seems to have the power to make the hellscape of the trenches disappear. As shells rain down on Flanders and ghosts move among those yet living, Laura’s and Freddie’s deepest traumas are reawakened. Now they must decide whether their world is worth salvaging—or better left behind entirely.

Electronic resources

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593128268
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource

Content descriptions

Reproduction Note:
Electronic reproduction. New York : Del Rey, 2024. Requires the Libby app or a modern web browser.
Subject: Fiction.
Fantasy.
Historical Fiction.
Genre: Electronic books.

LDR 03476nam a2200301Ka 4500
00114373763
003CARDINAL
006m d
007cr cn---------
008230914s2024 nyu o 000 1 eng d
020 . ‡a9780593128268 ‡q(ebook)
037 . ‡a07237E8A-1CCD-4BEE-A270-92358CEBC855 ‡bOverDrive, Inc. ‡nhttp://www.overdrive.com
040 . ‡aTEFOD ‡cTEFOD
1001 . ‡aArden, Katherine. ‡0(CARDINAL)350515
24514. ‡aThe warm hands of ghosts ‡h[electronic resource] : ‡bA novel. ‡cKatherine Arden.
260 . ‡c2024.
300 . ‡a1 online resource
336 . ‡atext ‡btxt ‡2rdacontent
337 . ‡acomputer ‡bc ‡2rdamedia
338 . ‡aonline resource ‡bcr ‡2rdacarrier
520 . ‡aNATIONAL BESTSELLER • During the Great War, a combat nurse searches for her brother, believed dead in the trenches despite eerie signs that suggest otherwise, in this hauntingly beautiful historical novel with a speculative twist, from the author of The Bear and the Nightingale . “A wonderful clash of fire and ice—a book you won’t want to let go of.”—Diana Gabaldon, author of Outlander “Spectacular—a tour de force, wonderful and deep and haunting.”—Naomi Novik, author of  A Deadly Education January 1918. Laura Iven was a revered field nurse until she was wounded and discharged from the medical corps, leaving behind a brother still fighting in Flanders. Now home in Halifax, Canada, Laura receives word of Freddie’s death in combat, along with his personal effects—but something doesn’t make sense. Determined to uncover the truth, Laura returns to Belgium as a volunteer at a private hospital, where she soon hears whispers about haunted trenches and a strange hotelier whose wine gives soldiers the gift of oblivion. Could Freddie have escaped the battlefield, only to fall prey to something—or someone—else? November 1917. Freddie Iven awakens after an explosion to find himself trapped in an overturned pillbox with a wounded enemy soldier, a German by the name of Hans Winter. Against all odds, the two form an alliance and succeed in clawing their way out. Unable to bear the thought of returning to the killing fields, especially on opposite sides, they take refuge with a mysterious man who seems to have the power to make the hellscape of the trenches disappear. As shells rain down on Flanders and ghosts move among those yet living, Laura’s and Freddie’s deepest traumas are reawakened. Now they must decide whether their world is worth salvaging—or better left behind entirely.
533 . ‡aElectronic reproduction. ‡bNew York : ‡cDel Rey, ‡d2024. ‡nRequires the Libby app or a modern web browser.
65017. ‡aFiction. ‡2OverDrive ‡0(CARDINAL)238499
650 7. ‡aFantasy. ‡2OverDrive ‡0(CARDINAL)238255
650 7. ‡aHistorical Fiction. ‡2OverDrive ‡0(CARDINAL)241273
655 7. ‡aElectronic books. ‡2local ‡0(CARDINAL)292592
85640. ‡uhttp://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=867&titleID=9849506 ‡7einc ‡9AMY ‡9BHM ‡9BLADEN ‡9BRASWELL ‡9BROWN ‡9BURKE ‡9CASWELL ‡9CLEVELAND ‡9DAVIE ‡9FARMVILLE ‡9FRANKLIN ‡9GRANVILLE ‡9HARNETT ‡9LEE ‡9MADISON ‡9MAUNEY ‡9NANTAHALA ‡9PERRY ‡9PERSON ‡9SAMPSON ‡9SCOTLAND ‡9STANLY ‡yClick for online content. ‡9ROBESON
901 . ‡a14373763 ‡beinc-script 646545a63c33a909db07ebeebf8db7d05cfd8e92 0da28c3ac33a6e7a2711cb8be7468663905a5ca0 ‡c14373763 ‡tbiblio ‡selectronic