| Format | Hardcover |
| Publication Date | 12/07/13 |
| ISBN | 9781605984858 |
| Trim Size / Pages | 6 x 9 in / 384 |
The year is 1845 and young researcher Eliot Saxby is paid to go on an expedition to the Arctic in the hope of finding remains of the by now extinct Great Auk. He joins a hunting ship, but the crew and the passengers are not what they seem. Caught in the web of relationships on board, Eliot struggles to understand the motivations of the sociopathic Captain Sykes; the silent First Mate, French; the flamboyant laudanum-addicted Bletchley; and most importantly of all, Bletchley's beautiful but strange 'cousin' Clara. As the ship moves further and further into the wilds of the Arctic sea, Eliot clings to what he believes in, desperate to save Clara but drawn irrevocably back into the past that haunts him.
Jeremy Page has worked as a script editor and writer for FilmFour and the BBC. He has published two previous novels with Viking Penguin: Salt and Sea Change. Page lives in London.
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