phenomen a book

One year, when winter came to Northfell, it stayed. This wouldn''''t matter much to anyone who didn’t live there, except that its season became contagious. Every day, the snow and ice stretched out from the center of the city to freeze plants, creatures, almost the air, even, as Northfell''''s chill flashed across the countryside in glacial outbursts until it encompassed more and more land, and began to freeze the ocean.