' The Time Traveler's Wife meets Lost in this chilling exploration of love and memory. Its strange spell will capture you.' - Booklist, starred review 'Part love story, part mystery, part horror, this is as much about the twisting hand of fate as it is about the mutability of folk tales. 'A story that's simultaneously romantic, tragic, horrifying, and transcendental is more than enough to hold readers' attention, no matter their age.' - Publishers Weekly, starred review

What binds these stories together? What secrets lurk beneath the surface of this idyllic countryside? And what might be powerful enough to break the cycle of midwinterblood? From award-winning author Marcus Sedgwick comes a book about passion and preservation and ultimately an exploration of the bounds of love.Ī Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book of 2013 stark, suspenseful writing.' - School Library JournalĪn archaeologist who unearths a mysterious artifact, an airman who finds himself far from home, a painter, a ghost, a vampire, and a Viking: the seven stories in this compelling novel all take place on the remote Scandinavian island of Blessed where a curiously powerful plant that resembles a dragon grows. ' Reminiscent of David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas. Seven stories of passion and love separated by centuries but mysteriously intertwined-this is a tale of horror and beauty, tenderness and sacrifice by a three-time Printz Award Honoree. Across the different tales, the two souls appear as lovers, mother and son, brother and sister, and artist and child as they come close to finding each other before facing the ultimate sacrifice. This novel comprises seven short stories and travels in time, from 2073 back to the days of Viking sagas. Have you ever had the feeling that you've lived another life? Been somewhere that has felt totally familiar even though you've never been there before, or felt that you've known someone even though you are meeting them for the first time?Įric and Merle loved and lost one another, and have been searching for each other through time ever since.

Printz Award, MIDWINTERBLOOD is a dark, breathtaking and cleverly crafted paranormal love story like no other, b eautifully told in seven parts and spanning ten centuries. What would you sacrifice for someone you've loved forever? W inner of the Michael L.

Midwinterblood by marcus sedgwick