As she stows away on a ship bound for Antarctica, a young woman uncovers a shocking betrayal.
Stranded on Deception Island in the South Atlantic, her whaling captain husband lost at sea, Karina is destitute and desperate.
Disguised as a cabin boy, she stows away on a British ship.
But Karina is about to get a nasty surprise.
As she grows closer to ship's surgeon Joseph Hooker, Karina and the rest of the crew find themselves pushed to the limits both physically and emotionally as conditions worsen onboard.
Engulfed in the chillingly hostile Antarctic landscape, something extraordinary happens - and Karina's story becomes intertwined with some of the 20th century's bravest Polar explorers .
Severn House Publishers The ice maiden: a historical adventure with a paranormal twist, hardcover/sara sheridan
