As the holidays approach, new titles are filling the shelves, much to our delight. Hafnarfjörður Library highlights selected authors and their contributions to the holiday book season each week in November on Mondays at 17.30.

Emil Hjörvar Petersen is another featured author of The Prelude, presenting his futuristic dystopia Eilífðarvetur (Eternal Winter). The story is set many centuries after modern civilization has collapsed. On an isolated island that was once called Iceland, a perpetual winter reigns, deadly frost storms strike daily, and no one can escape. The past has fallen into oblivion, and primitive tribal societies struggle to survive under nearly impossible conditions.

The storytellers Tara and Breki catch a glimpse of hope when they encounter María, a fully trained mechanic who had been trapped under ruins in the past and is now a prisoner of those who found her. Her boundless knowledge could help the people survive and even guide them across the sea ice. Under the cover of night, the storytellers rescue María, setting off a perilous journey across the winter realm where only one rule seems to matter: survive at any cost.