The Ice

Laline Paull was born in England. Her parents were first-generation Indian immigrants. She studied English at Oxford, screenwriting in Los Angeles, and theatre in London, where she has had two plays performed at the Royal National Theatre. She is a member of BAFTA and the Writers' Guild of America. She lives in England by the sea with her husband, the photographer Adrian Peacock, and their three children. 'The Bees' received wide critical praise and was chosen as an Amazon Rising Star.

'An important and powerful novel... strikingly prescient' Independent

'No other recent novel I've read has such fully realised female characters, even ones who shout their feminist credentials from the rooftops...This is a world of arms dealers, heroic arctic adventurers and power crazed captains of industry. And that's just the ladies. It's a business thriller with an eco-edge... Could The Ice be the surprise hit of summer 2017? Thanks to just the right amount of aspirational scene-setting and more holiday porn than a year's worth of Conde Nast Traveller, this memorable eco-chiller allows you to dream about luxury wood cabins while cursing the evils of capitalism' The Times

'A chilling tale for our times ... Fascinating. The chilly environment adds a strange, magical quality - and it will not be lost on readers that, as with her first book, Paull makes some interesting and urgent arguments about the way we treat our planet' The National

'By embedding a mystery in layers of melting Arctic ice, Paull brings narrative tension to a phenomenon readers typically encounter only in environmental or scientific reporting ... the final pages are a triumph' Guardian

'It's just gripping ... It's great. The cover is beautiful and the inside is beautiful' Marianne Keyes

'It is a rare treat to find oneself reading a new book with real delight, admiring the prose style and getting caught up in the story. I experienced all of this while reading this fascinating novel set in the near future ... what makes The Ice unforgettable is Laline Paull's well-informed description of the setting and, above all, her outstandingly good writing' Literary Review

'A gripping, brilliantly textured climate thriller. Its timeliness is chilling. A stunning read' Liz Jensen, author of The Rapture

'This is a real page turner' Observer