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In a near-future northern settlement, the fates of a young woman, a professor, and a mysterious collective of researchers collide in this mesmerizing and transportive debut that “delivers its big ideas with suspense, endlessly surprising twists, and abundant…

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Set in the remote Canadian north—a place I love for its harsh beauty—this feminist climate fiction explores a warming climate through the perilous journeys of several female characters, each relating to her environment in different ways.

Each woman exerts agency in surprising ways that include love, bravery, and shared community. The strength of female power carried me through the pages like a braided river heading to a singular ocean.

These very different women journey through the dark ruins of violent capitalism, colonialism, and patriarchy—flowing past and through hubristic men pushing north with agendas and jingoistic visions—to triumph in an ocean…

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Appointed the Steward of Evenmere, Carter Anderson must learn the…

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