Wild Dark Shore | Charlotte McConaghy

 

Gripping, moving, and beautifully-wrought, McConagh’s tale of a woman stranded on a remote Antarctic island is a literary eco-thriller like no other. The island is many things: the locus of a threatened seed-vault, a nature sanctuary, a kind of prison – and the home of a grieving family whose members are not what they seem. Throw in a heart-breaking love story, a ruthless antagonist and vivid depictions of endangered wildlife, and the stage is set for a story that builds to fever pitch.