Wild Dark Shore

A Most Anticipated Book (Goodreads, BookPage, Publishers Weekly, WNYC, The Nerd Daily, Zibby's Highlights)

"Riveting... McConaghy's descriptions of nature's glory and terror are galvanic, the psychological struggles wrenching, the suspenseful action spectacularly choreographed. McConaghy has attained new heights of intensity and lacerating ecological conviction in this complexly plotted, tragic, and all-consuming tale of the battle to survive." -Booklist (starred review)

"[A] terrific thriller...McConaghy keeps readers guessing...McConaghy writes about both nature and human frailty with eloquent generosity. Readers won't want to leave behind the imagined world of pain and beauty that McConaghy has conjured." -Kirkus (starred review)

"Sub-Antarctic noir meets a love letter to the rapidly disappearing wild world in McConaghy's latest...As lush as it is taut with tension, this novel is filled with both the joys and ravages of nature." -Library Journal (starred review)

"Thought-provoking and passionately told...Wild Dark Shore asks, what will happen when we risk losing our homes and our neighbors? What will we save and what will we let go of? And how can we start again after the sea takes it all?" -BookPage

"Urgent...McConaghy ratchets up the tension as the characters' paranoia and mutual suspicion increases and their motives are revealed...McConaghy blends entertainment with a sobering message about conservation and the impacts of geographic isolation." -Publishers Weekly

"Remarkable...Raising issues of love and family and sacrifice, Wild Dark Shore is a beautiful examination of hope in the face of certain destruction." -Shelf Awareness

"At once a gripping mystery, an exquisitely written ode to the natural world, and a taut, psychological thriller, Wild Dark Shore is a triumph. Charlotte McConaghy is masterful in her ability to show the intricate connections between place and the human heart, and Wild Dark Shore shows her at the height of her powers. Breathtaking." -Hannah Kent, international bestselling author of Burial Rites

"Blazing . . . Visceral . . . As McConaghy shows in this stunning book, the limits of language lead us to the limits of empathy." -Los Angeles Times

"A stunning amalgam of environmental fiction and a deep exploration of personal relationships . . . An exceptional book that captures the soul and breaks the heart, only to put it back together again." -Newsweek (A Best Book of the Year)

"Suspenseful and poignant . . . [Inti's] story unfolds as a meditation on the social and scientific consequences of influencing ecosystems, while reminding us that humans and animals alike can break our hearts." -Scientific American

"Lyrical, captivating, thought-provoking and thrilling, this immersive read will capture your attention from the first page." -Good Morning America

"Bold . . . A heartfelt and earnest novel." -The New York Times Book Review

"[McConaghy] brings the reader into a world where humans have beaten the world into submission and out of balance, and mixes literary eco-fiction with elements of mystery and thriller novels." -The Seattle Times

"Gripping and often very moving . . . Despite the darkness and pain at the heart of McConaghy's novel, it is not a bleak book. Instead, it bears within it an argument about the possibility of change. Recognizing the presence of other ways of being, of other minds and presences enlarges us, affording us a glimpse of the unknowable." -The Sydney Morning Herald

"Far more than an old wolves' tale. Instead, it illustrates what it's like to be an outsider-from both a human and animal perspective-and the level of healing and acceptance it takes from within to be accepted and to accept yourself." -Electric Literature

"The Australian author made waves with last summer's Migrations, a meditation on climate change and loneliness, and returns with a new story set in the Scottish Highlands, where two twin sisters join a team attempting to reintroduce a pack of wolves to their natural surroundings." -Entertainment Weekly

"Spellbinding . . . Charlotte McConaghy has once again created a world where we must balance trust and fear, humanity and nature." -Washington Independent Review of Books

"From the author of 2020's gorgeous Migrations comes a similarly earth-shattering tale of humanity's influence on the natural world." -Thrillist

"Urges us to take a lesson from the wolves, and learn to lean on one another." -BookRiot

"A lyrical novel with a wild heart." -PopSugar

"A moving, moody story by the author of the 2020 novel Migrations." -AARP

"This poetic and atmospheric novel is a mystery, a celebration of wolves, and a tribute to those who work to rewild our landscapes." -EcoLit Books

"McConaghy excels at conveying the sensuous experience of nature and the emotions it provokes: wonder at its majesty, sorrow at its destruction. Unflinching in its view of the harm humans inflict on the environment and on each other-and insisting on the interconnectedness of the two-Once There Were Wolves delivers a powerful call for hope in the face of catastrophe." -Shelf Awareness

"Intense, emotional and rich with beautifully rendered prose, McConaghy's novel is a powerful meditation on humanity, nature and the often frightening animalistic impulses lurking within us all . . . Another triumph for a rising fiction star, offering an intensely realized world for readers to get lost in." -BookPage (starred review)

"Vividly realized . . . Gorgeously rendered . . . A story full of subtle surprises . . . This is a stunner." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Poetic . . . A lovely, gripping tale about a world that could be our own." -Kirkus (starred review)

"McConaghy infuses Inti's adventures with ravishing descriptions of the landscape and the 'infinite mysteries of wolves' . . . McConaghy's richly plotted tale of suspense and psychological insight poses provocative questions about predators and humanity's impact on Earth." -Booklist

"One of those very rare, special novels that changes you as you read, which you do as slowly as you can because you want to savor it, except the pages keep turning furiously because the story is so thrilling and so powerful, with some of the best characters I have ever read. Charlotte McConaghy has cemented herself as a sure-thing, must-read writer for me." -Laurie Frankel, New York Times bestselling author of This Is How It Always Is

"So damn good. A page-turner that makes you think and has a huge emotional impact." -Jeff VanderMeer, New York Times bestselling author of Annihilation (via Twitter)