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The North Water

byIan McGuire

Who is this book for? Readers who enjoy dark historical fiction with complex characters and moral dilemmas.

Topics SurvivalBetrayalHuman Nature
MoodDark, Suspenseful
ViolenceGraphic/Explicit
Explicit scenesExplicit Scenes
Now a major BBC TV series starring Colin Farrell, Jack O'Connell, and Stephen Graham. A ship sets sail with a killer on board... 1859. A man joins a whaling ship bound for the Arctic Circle. Having left the British Army with his reputation in tatters, Patrick Sumner has little option but to accept the position of ship's surgeon on this ill-fated voyage. But when, deep into the journey, a cabin boy is discovered brutally killed, Sumner finds himself forced to act. Soon he will face an evil even greater than he had encountered at the siege of Delhi, in the shape of Henry Drax: harpooner, murderer, monster...

Language

en

Published on

09/02/2021

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781398511736

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