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I've been delighted to see the first readers starting White Silence, Red Justice. Writing a novel set in Arctic Norway, where I live, was a very different experience from writing my earlier books. I hope the landscape becomes as much a character in the story as the people. If you've started reading, I'd love to hear your thoughts as you go. Happy reading!

Proofreading the Berit Anna chapters today. She may be the heart of the book: a woman trying to avoid a calling that has been waiting for her since birth.

One thing I keep noticing on this final pass is how much of the story is really about silence — what people refuse to say, what the snow hides, and what the dead don’t forget.

Today I reached the Furuness Motel chapters again. This is where the long threads finally begin to knot together.

I’m doing the final proofread of White Silence, Red Justice now. It’s strange revisiting a book at this stage — not quite mine anymore, but not quite the reader’s yet either.