The Ice House

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Pub Date 8 Sep 2020 | Archive Date 6 Feb 2020
Canongate | Canongate Books

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Description

War doesn't end. It sleeps.

Delphine Venner remembers everything. She remembers what it is to be a child of war, and what the terrifying creatures from another world took from her all those years ago.

And in that other world, Avalonia, someone waits for Delphine. Hagar, a centuries-old assassin, daily paying a terrible price for her unending youth, is planning one final death, the death that will cost her everything. The death which requires Delphine.

In the battle to destroy an ageless evil, Delphine must remember who she is and be ready to fight once more, as war reawakens.
War doesn't end. It sleeps.

Delphine Venner remembers everything. She remembers what it is to be a child of war, and what the terrifying creatures from another world took from her all those years...

Advance Praise

'Told in rich, allusive prose, The Ice House is a leisurely meditation on good and evil – Lovecraft done with the eye and sensitivity of a poet'
Guardian

'A strangely beautiful, beautifully strange fantasy'
SFX

'Tim Clare is a hell of a writer'
Gareth L. Powell, author of THE EMBERS OF WAR SERIES

'The Ice House is a fantasy tale that shines with originality . . . A spellbinding read'
The Skinny

'An incredible imaginative achievement. A visceral and pensive ode to the English imagination, etched by a virtuosic Jack Frost on the blade of Christina Rossetti's secret fruit knife'
Naomi Foyle, author of THE GAIA CHRONICLES

'To say Tim Clare has a way with words is a bit of an understatement. Besides building Delphine's wonderfully immersive world and setting her on an irresistible adventure, Tim's writing is full of poetic pleasure. A joy to read, fast and closely, for the story and for the mastery in it'
Jess Kidd, author of HIMSELF

'Superb . . . gorgeously entertaining'
Guardian on THE HONOURS

'Astutely brilliant. A rich, gripping delight'
Matt Haig on THE HONOURS

'Irresistible'
Huffington Post on THE HONOURS

'Darkly compelling'
Financial Times on THE HONOURS

'An astonishing imaginative feat'
NATHAN FILER on THE HONOURS

'Riotously entertaining . . . delightfully twisted'
Sunday Express on THE HONOURS

'A tour de force of breathless thrills'
The Herald on THE HONOURS

'Told in rich, allusive prose, The Ice House is a leisurely meditation on good and evil – Lovecraft done with the eye and sensitivity of a poet'
Guardian

'A strangely beautiful, beautifully strange...


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Featured Reviews

A ripping adventure of wild imaginings.

The unstoppable Delphine Venner is the heroine I've wanted to read all my life. The Ice House opens in 1930s Norfolk, and an elderly Delphine has been scarred by the loss of her friends and family. Seeking revenge, she embarks on a quest to save her loved ones. In the world of Avalonia, Delphine returns to her youth and is supported and thwarted by a cast of eccentric characters.

Clare's vivid writing sparkles with wit and originality. His prose is sharp, with surgically precise language use. The action scenes are full-on, pack-a-punch mayhem, with a wry nod to the likes of John Buchan.

A strap in and hang on to your seats kind of ride, from a master wordsmith. The Ice House pours a slush puppy over the idea that speculative cannot also be literary.

The Ice House is the sequal to The Honours.

With thanks to NetGalley and publisher, Canongate Books, for the ARC.

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A sincere thank you to the publisher, author and Netgalley for providing me an ebook copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review. I enjoyed this story very much and felt like I knew each character personally due to the description of them. I enjoyed the storyline. This is not my usual genre but in this instance I am extremely pleased and grateful for opening up my mind to something totally different. Thanks again.

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