About this Event
Phoenix Books is honored to present an evening with New York Times bestselling author Katherine Arden to celebrate the release of her new novel, The Warm Hands of Ghosts, a hauntingly beautiful historical novel with a speculative twist. Katherine will be in conversation with Phoenix Books' own Robin Limeres. This special pre-release event will take place at Phoenix Books in downtown Burlington.
January 1918. Laura Iven was a revered field nurse until she was wounded and discharged from the medical corps, leaving behind a brother still fighting in Flanders. Now home in Halifax, Canada, Laura receives word of Freddie’s death in combat, along with his personal effects—but something doesn’t make sense. Determined to uncover the truth, Laura returns to Belgium as a volunteer at a private hospital, where she soon hears whispers about haunted trenches and a strange hotelier whose wine gives soldiers the gift of oblivion. Could Freddie have escaped the battlefield, only to fall prey to something—or someone—else?
November 1917. Freddie Iven awakens after an explosion to find himself trapped in an overturned pillbox with a wounded enemy soldier, a German by the name of Hans Winter. Against all odds, the two form an alliance and succeed in clawing their way out. Unable to bear the thought of returning to the killing fields, especially on opposite sides, they take refuge with a mysterious man who seems to have the power to make the hellscape of the trenches disappear.
As shells rain down on Flanders and ghosts move among those yet living, Laura’s and Freddie’s deepest traumas are reawakened. Now they must decide whether their world is worth salvaging—or better left behind entirely.
Katherine Arden is the New York Times bestselling author of the Winternight trilogy and the Small Spaces Quartet. In addition to writing, she enjoys aimless travel, growing vegetables, and running wild through the woods with her dog, Moose. She lives in Vermont.
A Social Media Coordinator and bookseller at Phoenix Books, Robin Limeres is a recent UVM graduate with her BA in marketing and a minor in english, and blogs about books on the side. She considers a day without reading not well spent, knows an exorbitant amount of Middle Earth history, and is constantly seeking out new fantasy and romance series to yell about.
Author photo credit: Even Lloyd Johnson
DATE: Monday, February 12, 2024
LOCATION: Phoenix Books Burlington, 191 Bank Street, downtown Burlington
TICKETS: $3. Your ticket comes with a coupon for $3 off one copy of the author's book. Coupons expire at closing the evening of the event. Tickets can be purchased at the registration link below, or at the door.
BOOKS: Signed copies of The Warm Hands of Ghosts will be available at the event. Can't make it to the event but still want to purchase a signed, personalized copy? Click HERE. Copies ordered will be available after the release date of February 13, 2024. If you ordered a book for store pick up, we will contact you as soon as it's ready. If you ordered a book with shipping, please allow an additional 7-10 days for delivery.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Phoenix Books Burlington, 191 Bank Street, Burlington, United States
USD 3.00