The year is 1903. Twenty-two years after the events of The Bell in The Lake, 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 . . .
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.
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, The Reindeer Hunters is a thrilling novel about what it takes to live in and embrace a new era.
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Lars Mytting, an author and journalist, was born in Favang, Norway, in 1968. He has written three critically acclaimed novels, of which the latest was awarded the National Booksellers Award in Norway, and his books have been translated into several languages. His Norwegian Wood, a work of nonfiction, made him a household name in Scandinavia.
Roger May has performed in more than eighty radio plays and spent a year with the BBC Radio Drama Company in 1995–1996, following that with a season at the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has made several television appearances on shows like Mosley, Peak Practice, and Hornblower.