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THIS IS A PREORDER AND WILL BE SHIPPED MID-OCTOBER (though payment is taken now to cover printing costs). Preorders include an exclusive art print and an e-copy of 3 bonus chapters from Septimus’s POV.
Amber Maren’s debut novel, the first in the Beasts of the Hidden Wilds series, is a bold and brilliant retelling of Ernest Shackleton’s Imperial Trans-Antarctic expedition. Be prepared for strong female leads, weather magic and a seafaring survival story from the Golden Age of polar exploration. Perfect for fans of The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty and Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett.
Hester Orn is the captain of the Valour, explorer of the Frozen North and has no idea where her weather magic came from. Charlotte Bailey is haunted by past mistakes, and dreams of a life where she is bold enough to follow in the footsteps of her late husband, a famous polar explorer. When the two meet, they mount the expedition of their dreams, to make the first crossing of Antarctica.
All is well, until Hester’s nemesis, the ruggedly handsome and infinitely vexing Lord Septimus, sets sail to claim the glory for himself. Hester and Charlotte must show him that women are equally up to the task of surviving the deadliest continent on Earth. But that proves more difficult than first anticipated when their ship gets trapped in the ice, and even more deadly when Hester’s magic starts attracting shape-shifting sea gods. The danger draws the women closer to the rival ship, and the tension between Hester and Septimus intensifies as they’re forced to work together.
As their ship is slowly crushed and monsters rise from the deep, Hester and Charlotte must face their deeply buried secrets and fears to save their crew from an icy death.
THIS IS A PREORDER AND WILL BE SHIPPED MID-OCTOBER (though payment is taken now to cover printing costs). Preorders include an exclusive art print and an e-copy of 3 bonus chapters from Septimus’s POV.
Amber Maren’s debut novel, the first in the Beasts of the Hidden Wilds series, is a bold and brilliant retelling of Ernest Shackleton’s Imperial Trans-Antarctic expedition. Be prepared for strong female leads, weather magic and a seafaring survival story from the Golden Age of polar exploration. Perfect for fans of The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty and Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett.
Hester Orn is the captain of the Valour, explorer of the Frozen North and has no idea where her weather magic came from. Charlotte Bailey is haunted by past mistakes, and dreams of a life where she is bold enough to follow in the footsteps of her late husband, a famous polar explorer. When the two meet, they mount the expedition of their dreams, to make the first crossing of Antarctica.
All is well, until Hester’s nemesis, the ruggedly handsome and infinitely vexing Lord Septimus, sets sail to claim the glory for himself. Hester and Charlotte must show him that women are equally up to the task of surviving the deadliest continent on Earth. But that proves more difficult than first anticipated when their ship gets trapped in the ice, and even more deadly when Hester’s magic starts attracting shape-shifting sea gods. The danger draws the women closer to the rival ship, and the tension between Hester and Septimus intensifies as they’re forced to work together.
As their ship is slowly crushed and monsters rise from the deep, Hester and Charlotte must face their deeply buried secrets and fears to save their crew from an icy death.