Wild Dark Shore

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A family on a remote island. A mysterious woman washed ashore. A rising storm on the horizon.

Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny island not far from Antarctica. Home to the worlds largest seed bank, Shearwater was once full of researchers, but with sea levels rising, the Salts are now its final inhabitants. Until, during the worst storm the island has ever seen, a woman mysteriously washes ashore.

Isolation has taken its toll on the Salts, but as they nurse the woman, Rowan, back to strength, it begins to feel like she might just be what they need. Rowan, long accustomed to protecting herself, starts imagining a future where she could belong to someone again.

But Rowan isnt telling the whole truth about why she set out for Shearwater. And when she discovers sabotaged radios and a freshly dug grave, she realizes Dominic is keeping his own secrets. As the storms on Shearwater gather force, they all must decide if they can trust each other enough to protect the precious seeds in their care before its too lateand if they can finally put the tragedies of the past behind them to create something new, together.

A novel of breathtaking twists, dizzying beauty, and ferocious love, Wild Dark Shore is about the impossible choices we make to protect the people we love, even as the world around us disappears.

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Sub-Antarctic noir meets a love letter to the rapidly disappearing wild world in McConaghys latestAs lush as it is taut with tension, this novel is filled with both the joys and ravages of nature.

Library Journal (starred review)

Thought-provoking and passionately toldWild Dark Shore asks, what will happen when we risk losing our homes and our neighbors What will we save and what will we let go of And how can we start again after the sea takes it all

BookPage

UrgentMcConaghy ratchets up the tension as the characters paranoia and mutual suspicion increases and their motives are revealedMcConaghy blends entertainment with a sobering message about conservation and the impacts of geographic isolation.

Publishers Weekly

Author Bio

Charlotte McConaghy is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels Wild Dark Shore, Once There Were Wolves, and Migrations, which are being translated into more than twenty languages. She is based in Sydney, Australia.