The Edge of Solitude
(Canongate, 2024)
How do we choose between those we think we love, and the dying natural world?
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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.
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.
If she could leave, she would – but she knows there’s no way home.
Exhilarating, terrifying and thought-provoking at once, The Edge of Solitude 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.
The Edge of Solitude is published by Canongate (July 2024).
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Praise for The Edge of Solitude:
‘I LOVED The Edge of Solitude: quietly powerful, authoritative, atmospheric and wise.’ – Joanne Harris
‘Fascinating, immersive and brilliantly poised. Essential reading for all humans. We don’t have enough books like it!’ – Molly Aitken
‘This intelligent, tense eco-thriller made me shiver with creeping dread. Katie Hale’s ice-cool exploration of guilt is also a total pleasure’ – Clare Pollard
‘Set in a worryingly plausible future where the possibility of reversing climate change is reliant on the whims of billionaires, The Edge of Solitude not a book to miss. Disgraced activist Ivy Cunningham is a monstrously human creation, testament to Hale’s formidable ability to delve into complex and flawed psyches.’ – Cailean Steed
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‘A complex, accomplished debut… It kept me gripped from the first page, and the characters continue to live and breathe in my imagination’ – Kirsty Logan
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