A Voyage to Dark Places: 'The North Water' by Ian McGuire – Book Recommendation

 

Patrick Sumner faces several enemies at once: the monstrous Henry Drax, unforgiving Arctic conditions, and his own past. McGuire’s tale of an 1859 whaling expedition is charged with violence and skulduggery in a harsh environment where no one is what they seem. As events reveal the depths of humankind’s base nature, can Sumner’s humanity survive intact? McGuire combines despair with intensity and immediacy. I was gripped throughout. Ironically, I read this in bright sunshine. What have you read that describes an environment the polar opposite (sorry, couldn’t resist that!) of where you are?

The North Water by Ian McGuire ISBN: 9781398511736