HEXE
‘A young girl, born during the coldest winter days people could remember, tells the story of her childhood in a remote village in Germany post WWII.
Growing up under the care of her grandmother, she soon learns that by the end of the great war bombs had destroyed countries but to destroy a system of deceit would take much longer.
She tells the story of her people who had pursued the charisma of false prophets; like lemmings they had followed to the edge of the abyss.
While she struggles emotionally to come to terms with violence and hatred surrounding her, she develops a close and passionate love for her grandmother, an extraordinary and proud woman. At the end, it is her grandmother who nurtures her wounded soul and broken heart by showing her the ways of the ancient heathen wisdom of her people.
It is a passionate story about a young girl’s soul searching for love and understanding to survive a time of violence, prejudice and hatred, to find out that even wars cannot change the eternal rules of crime and retribution.’
MALIN AND THE WOLF CHILDREN
Germany 1945. A young girl finds herself alone in a vast forest, amid post-war turmoil. As the countryside is ravaged by the final clashes of retreating and advancing troops, Malin has one thought in mind: She must head east, to find her family. Winter is approaching and, as she begins the long trek, she encounters a group of Wolf Children, the orphans of Germany parents killed in the war. They have gone feral in the forest, scavenging for food and shelter in sub-zero conditions with barely enough clothes to protect them from the snow and ice. But who is Lubina, the strange young woman who accompanies a group of these children? Is she to be trusted? Many dangers, fears, loves and obsessions will both bind and divide them until journey's end. This is the second of Skadi Winter's atmospheric and mysterious tales, set in the deep countryside of post-war Germany, amid a culture of ancient wisdom, the world of forest spirits, gods and superstitions.