Et streif av ømhet
core novel 1988 The Legend of the Ice People
Record
| First published | 1988 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  NO |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.67 (1,283 ratings, collected 2026-08-31) |
| Page count | 251 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9788233410704 |
| Internal chronology | 43 |
Synopsis
The forty-third book of The Legend of the Ice People, published in Swedish as En glimt av ömhet and in English as A Glimpse of Tenderness. The clan's long struggle against Tengel the Evil, the forefather who made a pact with the devil, has become a deadly race to be the first to reach the Ice People's forgotten valley. The Ice People have good helpers, but Tengel's hordes are terrifyingly strong and, above all, merciless. In the midst of this struggle Tova, born under an unlucky star and one of the clan's cursed, experiences the first and perhaps only infatuation of her life, with the mortally ill Irishman Ian Morahan.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Legend of the Ice People
- Series: The Legend of the Ice People core; position 43 of 47 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Margit Sandemo
Notes
- From the series record (The Legend of the Ice People): The original 47-volume saga (1982-1989) following the cursed Ice People clan across generations of Scandinavian history, marked by inherited supernatural gifts, a medallion-bound curse, and (in its later volumes) an underground kingdom where time itself runs differently. Two later continuations exist (a further ~35 volumes across two more parts, published years afterward) and are not yet catalogued here pending closer genre review.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Legend of the Ice People: position 43 of 47: previous Stille før stormen (1988) · next Den onde dagen (1989)
Sources
- Wikipedia: The Legend of the Ice People
- Jentas Books: The Legend of the Ice People
- Reader database series: Sagaen om Isfolket
- Bladkompaniet back-cover description (as reproduced on the book's record)
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