{"product_id":"9781804948354","title":"The Warm Hands of Ghosts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling supernatural historical fantasy from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bear and the Nightingale\u003c\/i\u003e, a spellbinding, sweeping novel set in the trenches of WW1.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWATERSTONES SCIENCE FICTION \u0026amp; FANTASY BOOK OF THE MONTH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eDarkly beautiful\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003edeeply humane\u003c\/b\u003e.' 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There, she encounters the eerie whispers of ghosts moving among those still living and a strange inn-keeper whose wine gives soldiers the gift of oblivion. Could this have happened to Freddie - but if so, where is he?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNovember 1917: Freddie Iven wakes after an explosion to find himself trapped with a wounded German soldier. Against all the odds, they form a bond and claw their way to an escape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut in the chaos of No Man's Land, neither know where to turn to avoid persecution. 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