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  • Published: 10 June 2025
  • ISBN: 9781804948354
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $22.99
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The Warm Hands of Ghosts





In a world torn apart by war, a brother and sister fight to find each other. The sweeping new novel from New York Times bestselling author Katherine Arden.

Amid the falling shells of Flanders Field, a nurse embarks on a haunting quest to find her brother, presumed lost in the trenches. But set amongst eerie and haunting settings, magic and mystery fills the air, and all is not as it seems in the gripping historical Sunday Times Bestselling novel.

January 1918: Laura Iven, a Canadian nurse, returns home from the war, only to receive devastating news — her brother Freddie is dead. But something doesn’t quite make sense. Determined to uncover the truth, Laura heads back to Belgium, volunteering at a private hospital. There, she encounters the eerie whispers of ghosts who dance around a mysterious innkeeper who offers soldiers a blissful escape. Could this be Freddie's path - and if so, where is he?

November 1917: Freddie Iven wakes after an explosion to find himself trapped with a wounded German soldier. Against all the odds, they form a bond and claw their way to an escape. But in the chaos of No Man's Land, neither know where to turn to avoid persecution. Amidst the atrocity, they encounter a fiddler with the power to make their hellscape vanish — but at what price?

With the power to both warm and break your heart, The Warm Hands of Ghosts is a breathtaking and spellbinding tale of love, survival, and the supernatural.

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'A wonderful clash of fire and ice ... A book you won't want to let go of.' Diana Gabaldon
'A spectacular tour de force ... I love this book so much and want everyone to read it!' Naomi Novik
'Darkly beautiful and deeply humane ... The Warm Hands of Ghosts will stir your heart, and settle into your bones.' Ava Reid
'Visionary, imaginative and brilliantly written.' Anthony Horowitz
‘This exquisite novel took me over like a haunting ... One of the best historical fantasies I've ever read’ Emma Törzs


Katherine Arden, Sunday Times bestseller, March 2024

  • Published: 10 June 2025
  • ISBN: 9781804948354
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $22.99
Categories:

About the author

Katherine Arden

Katherine Arden was born in Austin, Texas and spent her junior year of high school in Rennes, France. Following her acceptance to Middlebury College in Vermont, she deferred enrolment for a year in order to live and study in Moscow. At Middlebury, she specialized in French and Russian literature.

After receiving her BA, she moved to Maui, Hawaii, working every kind of odd job imaginable, from grant writing and making crêpes to serving as a personal tour guide. After a year on the island, she moved to Briançon, France, and spent nine months teaching. She then returned to Maui, stayed for nearly a year, then left again to wander. Currently she lives in Vermont, but really, you never know.

She is the author of The Winternight Trilogy.

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