Set on a forgotten Army base in Greenland just a few years after the end of the Korean War, this novel has a lot going for it but just doesn’t manage to deliver. Despite the evocative backdrop, the plot is plodding and slow to develop; I was nearly to the end and still waiting for something to happen. The characters are also not quite all there; the love story that forms the backbone of the plot seems contrived, and all the characters seem to be forced into the actions they take by the author, rather than coming to life naturally. The writing showed a lot of promise, though, and I often wished while reading it that it could have been a better book. I’ll certainly give this author another shot, once his storytelling skills have had time to mature.