The event will take place on 30 August (Tuesday) at 7:00 p.m. at the Municipal Public Library – Knowledge Centre. The event will be hosted by Izabela Szymańska. All mountain and crime-fiction enthusiasts are welcome!
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/ events/1131249920761572/
Book plot summary
Young dentist Maksymilian Rajczakowski travels to the Karkonosze Mountains to get away from family problems, unaware of the secrets lying dormant in the mountains’ wartime past. Will he find what he is truly looking for? The owner of the disused Nad Śnieżnymi Kotłami shelter dies in an unfortunate accident. Shortly after the tragedy, his nephew Maksymilian arrives at the site. The man learns that, before his death, his uncle had been investigating, for unclear reasons, the history of another mountain shelter that burned down in unexplained circumstances just after the Second World War. As more facts come to light, Rajczakowski begins to suspect that his uncle’s death was not an unfortunate accident. Unaware of the danger lurking in wait, he starts his own investigation. Soon he begins receiving threats from someone claiming to be the Mountain Spirit... If he does not solve the mystery in time, he will be in mortal danger. The Shelter That Ceased to Exist opens a series of novels devoted to the Karkonosze Mountains. These crime novels are suspenseful and marked by family secrets, as well as a riddle-filled journey along forgotten trails of the past.
Sławek Gortych – a mountain enthusiast and graduate of the Faculty of Dentistry at Wrocław Medical University. His passions include writing, medicine and multi-day backpacking trips through the remote areas of the Karkonosze Mountains. He runs the popular blog “Lost in the Karkonosze Mountains”, where he reveals to readers the secrets of Lower Silesia’s most famous mountains. The Shelter That Ceased to Exist is the first volume of a crime trilogy devoted to the turbulent history of the Karkonosze Mountains in the last century.