The Edge of Solitude

<p><b>A <i>NEW SCIENTIST </i>BEST SCIENCE FICTION BOOK OF 2024</b><br><br><b>''Beautifully written and exquisitely tense''</b> C.J. COOKE <br><b>''A masterwork of vision and power</b>'' MANDA SCOTT<br><br>A lone ship journeys south, heading for the furthest reaches of Antarctica. It belongs to Sky, the billionaire behind a groundbreaking project to salvage the region. On board is disgraced environmental activist Ivy Cunningham, lending her expertise in the hope that it might rescue her reputation - and perhaps even mend her broken relationship with her son. <br><br>And yet, as the ship moves ever deeper into the breathtaking but eerie landscape, Ivy grows increasingly suspicious of her fellow passengers, and starts to question the project''s motives. <br><br>If she could leave, she would - but she knows there''s no way home. <br><br>Exhilarating, terrifying and thought-provoking at once, <i>The Edge of Solitude</i> is a story of climate emergency and human fallibility, of the clash of ambition and principle, and of the choices we make when we know that time is running out.</p>