Sun Storm

{{short description|2003 novel by Åsa Larsson}}

{{Other uses|Sunstorm (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox book

| name = Sun Storm (apa The Savage Altar)

| title_orig = Solstorm

| translator = Marlaine Delargy

| image = Sun Storm.jpg

| caption = First edition (Swedish)

| author = Åsa Larsson

| illustrator =

| cover_artist =

| country = Sweden

| language = Swedish

| series = Rebecka Martinsson, #1

| subject =

| genre = Crime, mystery novel

| publisher = Albert Bonniers förlag

| release_date = 2003

| english_release_date = April 2006(US), April 2007 (UK)

| media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)

| pages =

| isbn = 0-385-34078-8

| oclc= 83601732

| preceded_by =

| followed_by = The Blood Spilt

}}

Sun Storm (Solstorm), published in the UK as The Savage Altar, is the first novel by Swedish crime-writer Åsa Larsson. The novel is the first in the Rebecka Martinsson series. It won Sweden's Best First Crime Novel award,{{cite web |title=The Savage Altar by Asa Larsson |website=Writing.ie |date=18 April 2014 |url=https://www.writing.ie/readers/the-savage-altar-by-asa-larsson/ |access-date=6 April 2025}} and, on publication in the UK, was shortlisted for the Duncan Lawrie International Dagger, awarded by the CWA for crime novels in translation.{{cn|date=April 2025}} The novel is translated into English by Marlaine Delargy.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

Editions

  • Sun Storm (New York, Delacorte Press, {{ISBN|978-0-385-33981-0}})
  • Sun Storm (New York, Delta Trade Paperbacks, {{ISBN|978-0-385-34078-6}})
  • The Savage Altar (London, Viking, {{ISBN|978-0-670-91614-6}})

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