The release date for the English version of 'River of Shadows' by
Karina Halle is Jan 2022. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
An adult dark fantasy romance, River of Shadows is rooted on Tuonela's underworld and Finnish mythology.
Reluctantly, 24-year-old Hanna Heikkinen travels to Northern Finland for her father's burial after his estranged father passes away. Given the complex circumstances, being in the enchanted kingdom of ice and snow seems worlds apart from Hanna's hectic existence back in Los Angeles.
However, things start to become strange when Hanna finds out that her father's corpse is gone. Hanna is told the truth by an enigmatic man named Rasmus: her father was a strong shaman who entered Tuonela, the Realm of the Dead, to trade for longer life, but Tuoni, the God of Death, has him imprisoned. Her father can only be set free if she and Rasmus go into the fabled underworld to save him.
Hanna, who would stop at nothing to have another chance with her father, follows Rasmus into the gloomy and violent world. They cross the River of Shadows, pursued by monsters, frightening animals, and the living dead, until they arrive at the haunting kingdom that Death and his family control.
only for the God of Death himself to seize her and imprison her.
It turns out that Hanna strikes a deal with Death after being captivated by her beauty and fierceness. He will release her father if she marries him and lives out eternity as his wife in the Realm of the Dead.
However, there are hidden prices associated with even the most honorable sacrifices, and Hanna's may entail the most unexpected of all: her heart.