{"product_id":"the-reindeer-hunters","title":"The Reindeer Hunters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe second novel in bestselling and award-winning author Lars Mytting's powerful and compelling Sister Bells trilogy, \u003ci\u003eThe Reindeer Hunters\u003c\/i\u003e is an epic, moving, and gloriously told historical novel following \u003ci\u003eThe Bell in the Lake\u003c\/i\u003e, an Indie Next pick.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set in fictional Butangen, Norway, where the story of the conjoined twin sisters Halfrid and Gunhild Hekne provides the mythical and mystical undergirding, \u003ci\u003eThe Reindeer Hunters\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds around the extraordinary tapestry that portrays the sisters' vision of Doomsday. After their death in 1613, the tapestry was given to the village church and lost at some point over the centuries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The year is 1903. Twenty-two years after the events of \u003ci\u003eThe Bell in The Lake\u003c\/i\u003e, Astrid Hekne's son, Jehans, is now a young man. Driven out by his family, he lives on a homestead in the mountains near the village of Butangen, where he relishes the freedom of his life apart, fishing and hunting for his livelihood. One August morning, Jehans kills a massive reindeer, and at the same moment encounters an enigmatic hunter . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At the new church in Butangen, Pastor Kai Schweigaard is living with the consequences of his past betrayal--arranging the dismantling and sale of the stave church--including deaths and the loss of the church's mystical sister bells. Kai becomes obsessed with finding the ancient tapestry woven by the conjoined sisters in whose memory the bells were cast, with the hope that the tapestry will bring him redemption. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Despite the unraveling legends from the past that continue to haunt these people, they must figure out how to look to the future. A magnificent story about love, sorrow, and courage, as well as taming waterfalls and the first flash of electric light in the village night, \u003ci\u003eThe Reindeer Hunters\u003c\/i\u003e is a grand and thrilling novel about what it takes to live in and embrace a new era. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Harry N. Abrams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51943554220263,"sku":"9781419759772","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_bc49da9a-3aa3-478a-a257-dc978a21f8e5.jpg?v=1775325821","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/the-reindeer-hunters","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}