The book is set in a frozen dystopia where reality constantly shifts, and nothing is quite what it seems.

Set in a world consumed by encroaching ice—possibly due to nuclear war—the novel follows an unnamed narrator obsessively searching for an elusive woman. Whether he’s her protector or predator remains deliberately unclear, blurring the lines between love, control, and destruction.

Kavan’s prose is hypnotic, slipping between surreal beauty and creeping dread, much like the fractured mind of its protagonist. 

If you’re looking for a straightforward plot, this isn’t it; Ice is an experience, not a story in the traditional sense.