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The North Water

by Ian McGuire

A whaling voyage into the Arctic becomes a hunt for a killer.

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About The North Water

In 1859, disgraced former army surgeon Patrick Sumner joins a whaling ship bound for the Arctic. When a cabin boy is brutally murdered, Sumner is forced into a confrontation with violence, greed, and the freezing darkness of the voyage.

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Spice
None
Darkness
Extreme
Pacing
Fast
Content warnings
  • rape
  • animal death
  • violence
  • gore
  • murder
  • racial slurs
  • blood
  • death
  • child sexual abuse
  • drug use
  • graphic medical procedures

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