Set against the harrowing backdrop of World War I, 'The Warm Hands of Ghosts' by Katherine Arden weaves the poignant tale of Canadian nurse Laura Iven. After being discharged and returning home, Laura grapples with the news of her brother Freddie's presumed death in the trenches. Unconvinced by the official account and haunted by spectral inklings of his survival, Laura embarks on a quest for truth back in the war-torn landscapes of Belgium. As she navigates a world where the veil between life and death thins, both she and Freddie find themselves intertwined with otherworldly forces. Freddie's unlikely survival, trapped alongside a German soldier, leads the pair to a fiddler whose melodies promise solace but at a murky cost. Amid ghost-ridden fields and the lure of oblivion, Laura and Freddie must confront the enduring trauma of war and the uncertain boundaries of reality.