In a land devastated by war, a nameless narratorpursues an elusive white-haired woman in the clutches of a government officialknown only as 'The Warden'. Neither will give her up, but an ecologicalapocalypse is indifferent to their rival claims. As a terrifying wall of icecontinues its incursion over the land, freezing everything in its path, itseems that only the white-haired woman is resigned to the fate of the world.

'A classic, a vision of unremitting intensity whichcombines some remarkable imaginative writing with what amounts a love song tothe end of the world. Not a word is wasted, not an image is out of place.' - TimesLiterary Supplement

'Few contemporary novelists could match the intensityof her vision.' - J.G. Ballard