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A novel of two expeditions, a century apart, that conjures the Antarctic convincingly . . . in its vastness and implacable indifference to human life (The New York Times Book Review). In 1913, three explorers--Dinners, Millet-Bass, and Napps--volunteer to leave their ship, the Kismet, and scout an uncharted and unknown island in the Antarctic, which Napps names Everland. While all three are enticed by the promise of adventure and reward, they are immortalized by the disastrous outcome of the expedition, their stories preserved for posterity. In 2012, Brix, Jess, and Decker--three researchers with their own reasons for being so far from home--set out on a centenary field trip to survey the same island. Their equipment is more advanced than the previous group's, and their purpose more scientific--but the weather of Everland remains an unpredictable and deadly force, and under the harsh ultraviolet light of a sun which doesn't set, isolated from the world, they begin to echo the expedition of a hundred years ago. Nothing short of stunning: an adventure story, a psychological investigation of physical and mental breakdown, and a remarkable account of weather and endeavor. --The Guardian

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A fascinating story of lives stripped bare...and the decisions and their consequences that make us what we are - The Observer Nothing short of stunning: an adventure story, a psychological investigation of physical and mental breakdown, and a remarkable account of weather and endeavor. - The Guardian It s a remarkable, terrifying, physiological thriller full of natural description so accurate you ll check your face for frostbite [...] A frightfully accurate portrait of men and women pushed to the brink of physical and mental anguish, Everland is a work that hits like a sudden winter storm, striking you breathless with its power, horror, and beauty. The Gazette The horrors of hunger, thirst and frostbite are grotesquely vivid. Most arresting of all is the mental turmoil, which moves from bitchy frustration to full-blown delirium via hope, despair, delusion and guilt with terrifying authenticity. - The Telegraph

A fascinating story of lives stripped bare...and the decisions and their consequences that make us what we are - The Observer Nothing short of stunning: an adventure story, a psychological investigation of physical and mental breakdown, and a remarkable account of weather and endeavor. - The Guardian The horrors of hunger, thirst and frostbite are grotesquely vivid. Most arresting of all is the mental turmoil, which moves from bitchy frustration to full-blown delirium via hope, despair, delusion and guilt with terrifying authenticity. - The Telegraph

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Rebecca Hunt is an artist and author living in East London. Her first novel, Mr Chartwell, was longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award. In October 2011, she was selected as one of 18 artists and writers to join the Arctic Circle residency, an annual expeditionary program aboard a traditional ice-class sailing vessel that voyages to the High Arctic.

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