Winter Soldier

'Part mystery, part war story, part romance, The Winter Soldier is a dream of a novel' - Anthony Doerr, bestselling author of All The Light We Cannot See.Discover this spellbinding story of love and the tragedies of war from the bestselling author of North Woods, Daniel Mason.Vienna, 1914. Lucius is a young, idealistic medical student, whose life takes an unexpected turn with the outbreak of the First World War. Volunteering in the name of heroic battlefield tales, he finds himself in a catastrophic field-hospital, besieged by typhus, and thrust into a grueling learning process from the only remaining nurse.The real test of his resolve comes with the arrival of an enigmatic soldier, his uniform filled with mysterious drawings. He seems beyond rescue, until Lucius makes a fateful decision that will change the course of his life . . .'Held me by the throat from the first lyrical page to the last' - Emma Donoghue, bestselling author of Room'One of the best books I've ever read' - Elizabeth Macneal, bestselling author of The Doll Factory'One of the finest prose stylists in American fiction' - The New York Times