Mystery in land of the long white fog.

Fiction Fog: a viking saga down under.

'...the standard gothic novel elements are twisted in unexpected ways by the New Zealand setting. An apparently fragile and naïve young heroine shows her Viking blood as she fights a modern-day villain and the draughty old mansion with ghostly noises helps her recover her past. Juxtaposing the exotic setting against familiar daily routines, Kat George creates a fascinating world.'

- The Chronicle, Copenhagen

Strange fragrance of the exotic Passion Magnolia lingers into Autumn, and haunts the pages of this saga set in a Danish immigrant town in New Zealand.

'When a tree native to the northern hemisphere is uprooted and transplanted in the south, adaptations to the new environment can result in strange genetic responses, such as found in the Passion Magnolia - a heavily fragrant, claret-red flower that blooms late into the summer, in New Zealand. A rare and exotic variety, examples occasionally may be discovered hidden away in river valleys at higher altitudes.

The same could be said of northerners emigrating south to settle in the mountains and secluded valleys of the Antipodes.'

 - Scent of Summer Magnolia

Kat George

‘Everyone else smelled like dust and sweat and the lanoline from the wool of the sheep, but Kathy smelled like the strange, red magnolia flowers in the hot summer air, down beside the river. Kathy smelled like magic.’  

About the author:
Kat George grew up on a farm run by three generations of Danish women in New Zealand. Leaving home at 16, she travelled the world, passing through cities and lives, collecting stories and picking up degrees in psychology and literature along the way. She has been rich and owned houses and fast cars, and has been poor, living on the street - then to resurrect once more as a journalist and author. George currently resides in northern europe and is studying runic scripts and early northern belief systems.