![]() ![]() 1816In Switzerland, Mary Shelley finds dark inspiration.Ĭonfined inside by the unseasonable weather, thousands of famine refugees stream past her door. ![]() Once a paradise, the island is now solid ash, the surrounding sea turned to stone.īut worse is yet to come: as the ash cloud rises and covers the sun, the seasons will fail. Sent to investigate, ship surgeon Henry Hoggcan barely believe his eyes. LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT HISTORICAL FICTION PRIZE 2021SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA GOLD CROWN AWARD 2020'A STRIKINGLY SHARP AND SUBTLE WRITER' Guardian'SUPERB.BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN.UNFORGETTABLE' FT Weekend'SKILFUL' Sunday Times 'RICH, INTRICATE, IMPRESSIVELY REALISED' Observer 'VIVIDLY REALISED' The Times'A VISION OF THE PAST AND A VISION OF THE FUTURE' Irish Times'A VIVID SLICE OF HISTORICAL FICTION' Sunday Express1815, Sumbawa Island, IndonesiaMount Tambora explodes in a cataclysmic eruption, killing thousands. ![]()
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