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The Snow is Warm Here
A global nuclear war in 2015 turned the sky orange before fading to gray. Temperatures plunged, crops no longer grew and society slowly collapsed. Now, a century after the first missiles were launched, the end of all life on earth loomed on the horizon.
Frost devouring forests and what once thrived with life, its remnants lie trapped beneath an eternal winter. Even Malaysia, known for its year-round tropical heat, has entered a permanent ice age. A young girl, Dahlia left the safety of her underground shelter to search for her missing father and faced a frozen Malaysian wilderness unrecognizable from what she had read about. Fallen skyscrapers. Snowpacked highways. Lush greenery now painted in shades of white— a land that no longer remembered warmth.
But the blistering cold was not the biggest threat to her survival. The true horror of the frozen wasteland stalked her every move. Nobody knew what it was or how it came to exist, but everyone called it Phaggr. To encounter it is to court certain death, turning her search into a race against time.
And if she makes it past all that, what will she truly find at the end of the world?
Frost devouring forests and what once thrived with life, its remnants lie trapped beneath an eternal winter. Even Malaysia, known for its year-round tropical heat, has entered a permanent ice age. A young girl, Dahlia left the safety of her underground shelter to search for her missing father and faced a frozen Malaysian wilderness unrecognizable from what she had read about. Fallen skyscrapers. Snowpacked highways. Lush greenery now painted in shades of white— a land that no longer remembered warmth.
But the blistering cold was not the biggest threat to her survival. The true horror of the frozen wasteland stalked her every move. Nobody knew what it was or how it came to exist, but everyone called it Phaggr. To encounter it is to court certain death, turning her search into a race against time.
And if she makes it past all that, what will she truly find at the end of the world?
272 pages, Paperback
First published January 30, 2026
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February 22, 2026
Specifically 4.5 stars
I had this slim shimmer of hope that the characters will be okay regardless BUT I WAS WRONG! The ending got me GAGGED! Yup, confirms my intuition to just give up with humanity & go extinct.
CONTENT WARNING: This book contains depiction of violence, blood, murder, drug abuse, suicide & smoking. Reader's discretion is advised.
Imagine in an alternate reality where the world was reduced into a rubble, war & nuclear strikes causing the population and the environment had been destroyed, letting all of the remains from the war to decay overtime. You have lived in a bunker for generations & your important supplies, medicines, food, had been dwindled and you have to venture out to get more to survive in this snowy hell hole of a country.
The Snow is Warm Here depicts the 22nd century version of snowy Malaysia that has been destroyed by the global nuclear war a century ago. In the post apocalyptic Malaysia, froze in time & buried deep in the snow remained the history of once was a thriving community & city, bustling with people in different backgrounds, cultures & languages, one must survive. That's it, just survive until you die. I don't think I have to elaborate more than that, what more are you looking for in the desolated city that had been reduced into bits and pieces? More supplies that might not be effective as it used to be after its expiration/best before date? I assure you that when you read this book, set aside that slim shimmer of hope that the world might be better, you might regret that.
A solid published debut, I really enjoyed reading the book & it's my first time reading a book with the dystopia genre. The writing is very clear & descriptive, I understand how the world had become right after the global nuclear war from the get go. Every chapter of the book didn't feel draggy & I got to know both Dahlia & Naf in detail and what are their intentions to venture out to the area that had an active Phaggr activity. It felt like you're venturing in an open world game (if you're a gamer or watched let's players on YouTube play open world games, you'll understand). But damn, the amount of science (specifically Chemistry & Physics) jargon that were included in the book transported me back to my secondary school days (sounded like it's a lot but not that many btw, don't worry about it). Overall it didn't affect my reading, instead it made me refresh all of the knowledge that I learnt & applied it in the book. How fun!
If you wanted to delve into the dystopia genre that set in a place/country that you are familiar with (i.e me! I love to read an alternate version of Malaysia & this was great a starter), I highly recommend this book BUT this book can be a bit heavy towards the end of the book. Don't say I didn't warn you, you should mentally prepare for what's to come.
The only thing that left me even more questions than answers after finishing up the book is I still wanted to know more about the creature, Phaggr, that came out of nowhere after the global nuclear war. I have a bit of information of what the characteristics & weaknesses of the creature throughout my reading session. But ye 'ol science brain me needed to itch that theory crafting side of how the creature came to be.
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I had this slim shimmer of hope that the characters will be okay regardless BUT I WAS WRONG! The ending got me GAGGED! Yup, confirms my intuition to just give up with humanity & go extinct.
CONTENT WARNING: This book contains depiction of violence, blood, murder, drug abuse, suicide & smoking. Reader's discretion is advised.
Imagine in an alternate reality where the world was reduced into a rubble, war & nuclear strikes causing the population and the environment had been destroyed, letting all of the remains from the war to decay overtime. You have lived in a bunker for generations & your important supplies, medicines, food, had been dwindled and you have to venture out to get more to survive in this snowy hell hole of a country.
The Snow is Warm Here depicts the 22nd century version of snowy Malaysia that has been destroyed by the global nuclear war a century ago. In the post apocalyptic Malaysia, froze in time & buried deep in the snow remained the history of once was a thriving community & city, bustling with people in different backgrounds, cultures & languages, one must survive. That's it, just survive until you die. I don't think I have to elaborate more than that, what more are you looking for in the desolated city that had been reduced into bits and pieces? More supplies that might not be effective as it used to be after its expiration/best before date? I assure you that when you read this book, set aside that slim shimmer of hope that the world might be better, you might regret that.
A solid published debut, I really enjoyed reading the book & it's my first time reading a book with the dystopia genre. The writing is very clear & descriptive, I understand how the world had become right after the global nuclear war from the get go. Every chapter of the book didn't feel draggy & I got to know both Dahlia & Naf in detail and what are their intentions to venture out to the area that had an active Phaggr activity. It felt like you're venturing in an open world game (if you're a gamer or watched let's players on YouTube play open world games, you'll understand). But damn, the amount of science (specifically Chemistry & Physics) jargon that were included in the book transported me back to my secondary school days (sounded like it's a lot but not that many btw, don't worry about it). Overall it didn't affect my reading, instead it made me refresh all of the knowledge that I learnt & applied it in the book. How fun!
If you wanted to delve into the dystopia genre that set in a place/country that you are familiar with (i.e me! I love to read an alternate version of Malaysia & this was great a starter), I highly recommend this book BUT this book can be a bit heavy towards the end of the book. Don't say I didn't warn you, you should mentally prepare for what's to come.
The only thing that left me even more questions than answers after finishing up the book is I still wanted to know more about the creature, Phaggr, that came out of nowhere after the global nuclear war. I have a bit of information of what the characteristics & weaknesses of the creature throughout my reading session. But ye 'ol science brain me needed to itch that theory crafting side of how the creature came to be.
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