The Lost Land
The Lost Land
Catharina Ingelman-SundbergThe bestselling author of ‘The League of Pensioners’ series is back! This time with a new historical novel, based on recent archaeological findings and with an urgent climate message.
Roughly 8,000 years ago, young Eira lives on Doggerland, near the ice cap in the north, with her husband Skagii and son Ötzi and the Vidar tribe. When Eira begins to notice signs that it is getting warmer and the water levels are rising, she feels uneasy. Nature is sending her tribe a message, and she feels they must listen.
But Eira’s warnings are not well received, and the new leader in her village debars her from the community. She is forced to leave everything behind, including her son. She takes refuge with the travelling Urdi tribe, where she meets the artist and flint smith Joar. Together, they must quickly make those around them realize the disaster which awaits them, and reach higher land before their valley is buried under water.
The Lost Land is a historical novel based on the latest research findings about Doggerland, a Stone Age culture found in the sea at the Dogger’s Banks in the North Sea. Catharina is inspired by these recent findings, creating a suspenseful story with climate change as a backdrop. Throughout the story she manage to connect our modern-day challenges with our ancestors, and how history is repeating itself.
Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg’s beloved ‘The League of Pensioners’ series became a huge international bestseller, translated into 29 languages and became bestsellers not only in Sweden, but also Canada, the UK, and Italy. Apart from being an author, she is also a professional diver and archaeologist.
Praise for previous series:
‘Instead of hyperbolic, mustache-twirling villains, Ingelman-Sundberg deftly orchestrates the twists and turns in the plot through the foibles of real life, capturing the rebelliousness percolating just under the surface of ignored, shuffled away elderly folks in this merry, lighthearted caper.’
Kirkus Review
