9781444784671_

WINNER OF THE HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE

The rapturously acclaimed new novel by the Costa Award-winning author of PURE, hailed as excellent, gripping, as suspenseful as any thriller, engrossing, moving and magnificent.

One rainswept winters night in 1809, an unconscious man is carried into a house in Somerset. He is Captain John Lacroix, home from Britains disastrous campaign against Napoleons forces in Spain.

Gradually Lacroix recovers his health, but not his peace of mind. He will not - cannot - talk about the war or face the memory of what took place on the retreat to Corunna. After the command comes to return to his regiment, he lights out instead for the Hebrides, unaware that he has far worse to fear than being dragged back to the army: a vicious English corporal and a Spanish officer with secret orders are on his trail.

In luminous prose, Miller portrays a man shattered by what he has witnessed, on a journey that leads to unexpected friendships, even to love. But as the short northern summer reaches its zenith, the shadow of the enemy is creeping closer. Freedom, for John Lacroix, will come at a high price. Taut with suspense, this is an enthralling, deeply involving novel by one of Britains most acclaimed writers.

His writing suspends life until it is read and is a source of wonder and delight Hilary Mantel on Casanova in the Sunday Times

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Pre-order Andrew Millers new novel THE LAND IN WINTER now - coming October 2024

ANDREW MILLERS WRITING IS A SOURCE OF WONDER AND DELIGHT Hilary Mantel

ONE OF OUR MOST SKILFUL CHRONICLERS OF THE HUMAN HEART AND MIND Sunday Times

Winner of the Highland Book Prize, shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize and a book of the year for the Guardian, the New Statesman, the Spectator and BBC History Magazine

Excellent
Observer

Gripping
Daily Mail

Immersive
The Times

A traumatised soldier in search of peace, a nail-biting hunt to the death - the rapturously acclaimed eighth novel from the author of Pure

When Captain John Lacroix returns to England after fighting Napoleons forces in Spain, he is not the man he was. A survivor of the British arms infamous retreat to Corunna, he carries with him a shameful secret, one he will travel to the outer reaches of Scotland to forget.

Lacroixs journey to the Hebrides leads to encounters with thieves and free thinkers, to unexpected friendships, even love. But as the short northern summer reaches its zenith, the shadow of the enemy is creeping closer - unbeknownst to Lacroix, a vicious English corporal and a Spanish officer are on his trail. Freedom, for John Lacroix, will come at a high price.

PRAISE FOR ANDREW MILLER

Unique, visionary, a master at unmasking humanity
Sarah Hall

A writer of very rare and outstanding gifts
Independent on Sunday

A highly intelligent writer, both exciting and contemplative
The Times

A wonderful storyteller
Spectator

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