Summary
Jacek Dukaj: Ice 2
The action of the novel "Ice" takes place in an alternative reality in which the First World War never happened, and Poland is still ruled by Tsarist Russia. After the famous explosion in Tunguska, a strange ice begins to spread across Siberia, containing its unusual angry inhabitants, the frost angels, which reached all the way to Warsaw. The main character Benedikt Gjeroslavski, a brilliant mathematician and avid gambler, begins to investigate this phenomenon more closely, working for the Ministry of Winter. The plot of this novel is full of astonishing twists, political, love and criminal intrigues, as well as the incredible imagination of the author.
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