which book

[pukka]

the first snow of the season settled white and quiet through the breathless air onto the decks of their ship. this is the opening line of which book

[mike b]

just googled the sentence and the answer came straight up...

[**Clem**]

...so wouldn't it have been helpful to say what it is?! This is site for answering questions, not making a point. By the way, I googled it so I could help answer the question and I couldn't see it.

[Hellion]

Interesting Mike.......... I googled it too and there were no matches, neither did Jeeves or Altavista so what search engine are you using!

[JamesEverton]

It's "Demon Lord of Karanda" by Eddings.

(search engine fans: I googled "the first snow of the season settled" which did the trick).