Written by Oscar Brennan and translated by Iwan Thomas
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Over the summer while preparing to begin my third year as a Physical Geography student at Aberystwyth University, I was also preparing to release the short novel that I had been working on for the past four years. Finally, I am pleased to announce that ‘Warmth from the Heart of the Ice’ is now available in paperback, hardback and digital!
Photo by Oscar Brennan
My book is a piece of fiction following a young Emilia Bergström in her hometown in the Swedish mountains. Her grandfather, Hans Bergström, was a world-renowned cartographer before his disappearance, but the desire to explore and discover still lives strong in Emilia’s blood. A mysterious book and a mysterious feature on one of her grandfather’s maps leads Emilia into the mountains, on a search for an impossible place, which will change her perception of reality for good.
Readers have noted that it is an engaging and easy read, with some great plot twists. If you get a copy, I hope you will feel truly immersed and transported to the subarctic mountains of northern Sweden. I have written from my experiences of growing up half-Swedish and spending my holidays discovering and experiencing what Scandinavia had to offer! As someone fascinated by the nature and natural phenomena of a place with such great climatic variations across a year, you can expect a detailed representation of the Swedish wilderness, interlaced with a bit of fantasy, as you follow Emilia on her adventures.
To get your copy, visit Amazon or Kindle and simply search for ‘Warmth from the Heart of the Ice’. If you do enjoy it, feel free to leave a review on Amazon to help get the book in front of as many readers as possible!
Cymraeg
Dros yr haf tra’n paratoi i ddechrau fy nhrydedd flwyddyn fel myfyriwr Daearyddiaeth Ffisegol ym Mhrifysgol Aberystwyth, roeddwn hefyd yn paratoi i ryddhau’r nofel fer yr oeddwn wedi bod yn gweithio arni ers pedair blynedd. Yn olaf, mae'n bleser gennyf gyhoeddi bod 'Cynhesrwydd o Galon yr Iâ' bellach ar gael mewn clawr meddal, clawr caled a digidol!
Mae fy llyfr yn ddarn o ffuglen yn dilyn menyw ifanc o'r enw Emilia Bergström yn ei thref enedigol ym mynyddoedd Sweden. Roedd ei thaid, Hans Bergström, yn gartograffydd byd-enwog cyn iddo ddiflannu, ond mae’r awydd i archwilio a darganfod yn dal i fyw’n gryf yng ngwaed Emilia. Mae llyfr dirgel ac nodwedd ddirgel ar un o fapiau ei thaid yn arwain Emilia i’r mynyddoedd, i chwilio am le amhosibl, a fydd yn newid ei chanfyddiad o realiti am byth.
Mae darllenwyr wedi nodi ei fod yn ddeniadol ac yn hawdd ei ddarllen, gyda rhai troeon plot gwych. Os ydych chi'n cael copi, gobeithio eich bod chi'n teimlo'n wirioneddol ymgolli a chael eich cludo i fynyddoedd subarctig gogledd Sweden. Rwyf wedi ysgrifennu o fy mhrofiadau o dyfu i fyny hanner-Swedeg a threulio fy ngwyliau yn darganfod a phrofi beth oedd gan Sgandinafia i'w gynnig! Fel rhywun sy'n cael ei swyno gan natur a ffenomenau naturiol mewn lle ag amrywiadau hinsoddol mor wych trwy gydol y flwyddyn, gallwch ddisgwyl cynrychiolaeth fanwl o anialwch Sweden, ynghyd ag ychydig o ffantasi, wrth i chi ddilyn Emilia ar ei hanturiaethau.
I gael eich copi, ewch i Amazon neu Kindle a chwiliwch am 'Warmth from the Heart of the Ice'. Os ydych chi'n ei fwynhau, mae croeso i chi adael adolygiad ar Amazon i helpu i gael y llyfr o flaen cymaint o ddarllenwyr â phosib!