Genre: Thriller/Dystopian/Horror
Description:
“Stranded in the Arctic, the international crew of an illegal whaler
find themselves in a race for survival. Can they survive the cold, the sea,
and, most of all, each other?
Pushed to desperation in a bleak world ravaged by climate change, Lora
M’Bandi flees her homeland to join a group of unlikely outcasts aboard the
whaling ship Livyatan. When an explosion rips through the vessel, the crew
become shipwrecked deep inside the Arctic Circle—sabotaged by one of their own.
Now, they must trek across the treacherous sea ice to reach dry land before the
ice retreats—all the while with a traitor in their midst and fearsome predators
stalking their every move.
Who will make it out of this harrowing tale of horror and survival?”
Author:
“Lindsey Kinsella is a Scottish science fiction and fantasy author.
While a
qualified and experienced naval architect and avid classic car enthusiast, he
always reserved space in life for his fascination with science, nature, and
paleontology. This drove his writing process as he aspired to write tales of
the rich and complex story of life on Earth.”
For more, check out their website.
Appraisal:
This is an intense story with an interesting story world. The story
world is in the near future and gives this tale a dystopian setting. Climate
change has made it so some parts of the world are uninhabitable, but people
from those areas who are trying to flee elsewhere have to sneak in because
other countries don’t want them. At least one of the characters in this book is
one of those people who snuck into a liveable country and is now working on an
illegal whaling ship to survive. After all, you need to have food and somewhere
to sleep, even in a new country, right? Why whaling is a thing again, you’ll
have to read the book, but the adventure really ramps up when the whaling boat
is shipwrecked. They quickly figure out that one of the crew is responsible for
sabotaging the ship, but not who it was. Now the boat’s crew has to figure out
a way to get to dry land while they still have a chance, but no one knows who
they can and can’t trust. As you can imagine, this makes for a tense time as
well as an engaging read as the reader tries, along with the ship’s crew, to
figure out how they can make it to safety and who they can and can’t trust.
Guessing wrong could be fatal, at least for the characters. The reader should
be safe.
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FYI:
Some adult language. The author is from the UK (specifically Scotland)
and therefore uses UK spelling conventions.
Format/Typo
Issues:
No significant issues.
Rating: ****
Four Stars
Reviewed
by: BigAl
Approximate word count: 35-40,000 words
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