ICE TREKKER by Pam Kelt
I am thrilled to have her latest book featured on my blog.
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“Skythons!” came the terrified reply. “You gets them in Krønagar. But never seen ’em so big before. Horrible things. Horrible!”
Midge stared upward to watch a shimmering snake-like pattern weave and twist across the sky. The effect of long, rippling muscles struck him as so strange and beautiful that he forgot to feel afraid as he gazed at the shifting colours.
“They mean bad luck,” howled the sailor, arm over his eyes.
Up in the cold sky, colours still shimmered. “Surely it’s just superstitious nonsense?” Midge said, still staring. “They can’t be real. Just a trick of the light.” He couldn’t drag his eyes away from the sight as the shape swooped toward the dark line of mountains, arched up, over, and back toward where he stood on the little jetty. He jolted as he realised a giant violet eye, bloodshot and terrible, was staring right at him.
It was so close he could see it gleam.
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I know you will want to read more, but for now that's it.
Never fear, now we have an insight to the inspiration behind this amazing adventure...
Some years ago, I was lucky enough to wangle a trip to Tromsø in Norway, just north of the Arctic Circle. It took three flights to get there and I’d never felt quite so intrepid. The place is stunning, with its colourful harbour and huge mountains, already covered in snow by October. On our last day, we visited Polaria, a striking museum itself shaped in the form of ice floes thrust up on land by the rough seas of the Arctic. A key theme of the place is that despite the powerful, rugged beauty of Polar regions, they are fragile.

Obviously, the environmental lesson isn’t spelled out in the story, but I’m hoping the nature of this more modern ‘quest’, albeit in a fantasy world, will strike a chord with young readers.
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For those of you who don't remember Pam from our previous guest post...here is her
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With a background in journalism, languages and educational publishing, it was inevitable that I would eventually say to heck with a career and try writing for myself. After a few years of trying out different styles, I landed six book deals in as many months and declared myself reinvented. Just as well, as it’s the ideal way to combat empty nest syndrome now that my daughter is at the University of Edinburgh doing History of Art.

Three titles are for adults (Dark Interlude and Half Life with MuseItUp and Tomorrow’s Anecdote with Crooked Cat). Botanical mystery The Lost Orchid (YA/NA) is scheduled for an autumn release at Bluewood Publishing, along with two teen fantasy adventures, Ice Trekker and The Cloud Pearl, part one of Legends of Liria (both with MuseItUp). I now write full-time. I live in leafy Warwickshire, England, with my academic husband Robert (with whom I collaborated on Half Life, a ‘noir’ thriller set in 1936) and our two daft dogs. My favourite pastimes, apart from writing, are watching movies, trying not to overwater my windowsill orchids and keeping up with best teen fantasy fiction around.
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Thanks for returning to my blog Pam with this new novel. I have been looking forward to ICE TREKKER's release since I had the honour of editing the manuscript.
6 comments:
Ice Trekker sounds like a fun and pleasant read for a hot day like we've had today, though I probably wouldn't go as far as the Arctic circle to cool down.
Wish you great success with the novel.
Sounds marvelous, Pam! Best of luck!
Hi, there,
Thanks! Tromsø was cool in more ways than one. Ice Trekker was so much fun to write. I hope people enjoy it. In fact, today I had a great idea for the sequel ... Meanwhile, it's warm, here, today too, so I might just sit in the garden and catch up with some reading myself.
Even I'm surrounded by tons of unread books, I travel through the blogosphere to discover more books.
Ice Trekker sounds good and I hope it will find the readers which it deserves.
Fingers crossed!
Thanks for dropping in Edith, Heather and Edi.
It's great having you as a guest, Pam. I too hope you find readers for this captivating novel.
Hi, Edi,
Thanks for your good wishes. I'm always on the look-out for new titles too.
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