“A geopolitical thriller where David takes on the Goliaths — a tale of independence and environmental protection clashing with capitalist excess. This story highlights the Inuit people’s fight to preserve their freedom, especially poignant in light of the 2025 parliamentary elections. A gripping, compact novel, best read from the warmth of home as winter sets in.” —Nathalie Sarles, Librairie Paroles

“With remarkable finesse, Mo Malo builds tension alongside rising stakes in this thriller as deft as it is chilling.” —Isabelle Monart, Arts Libres

“Frighteningly effective, like a tragic farce worthy of the kingdom of Ubu.” —Pascal Fauriaux, L’Écho Républicain

“Efficient” —Libraires

Somewhere in Greenland, in the near future…

Frederik Karlsen, Greenland’s newly elected Prime Minister, is forced to auction off his country. As he has been taken hostage, while his wife and daughter have also been kidnapped and held separately, Karlsen must watch as the U.S.A., China, Russia and Denmark enter a frantic bidding race for the island-continent and its priceless riches. From a remote cabin where he’s being held, Karlsen nevertheless manages to send coded messages.

In the capital city of Nuuk, Inuit police chief Apputiku Kalakek and Else Adriensen, daughter of the legendary Qaanaaq, race to decipher the clues and stop the unprecedented sale before it’s too late. As political manipulation, buried secrets and international tensions escalate, Mo Malø delivers a gripping thriller in which the fate of an entire nation is played out in a few hours, its people ignored.

“We will never, ever be a property anybody can buy.” —Jens-Frederik Nielsen, current Prime Minister of Greenland

“We are going to conquer Greenland one way or another.” —Donald Trump