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The worlds of ocean and ice were meeting in a frontier of rage, as if the Earth had torn in two along this line. This was a place, if there ever was a place, where you could disappear . . .The year is 1845 and young researcher Eliot Saxby is paid to go on an expedition to the Arctic in the hope of finding remains of the by-now-extinct Great Auk, a large flightless bird of mythical status.
Eliot joins a hunting ship, but the crew and the passengers are not what they seem. Caught in the web of relationships on board, Eliot struggles to understand the motivations of the sociopathic Captain Sykes; the silent First Mate, French; the flamboyant laudanum-addicted Bletchley; and most importantly of all, Bletchley's beautiful but strange 'cousin' Clara.
As the ship moves further and further into the wilds of the Arctic Sea, Eliot clings to what he believes in, desperate to save Clara but irrevocably drawn back into a past that haunts him—and a present that confronts him with a myriad of dangers.
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Praise for Salt and Sea Change
Thrilling and memorable." Richard Eder
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"Gorgeous in the telling and heartbreaking in its message, Salt is truly a book to savor." The Los Angeles Times
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"Page writes with feeling and intimacy, his touch is poetic and sure. The novel's sense of the natural world is fine and compelling. A powerful vision." The Hartford Courant
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"Jeremy Page has created an astonishing prose that conveys the unspeakable mystery that is at the center of love and love’s aftermath." The Guardian
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"A lyrical and elegiac novel about a real past and an imagined future." Richard Rodriguez, author of < m=""> Brown < m=""> and < m=""> Days of Obligation < m="">
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"With lyricism and poise, Page renders a doubly engaging story." Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW
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"Gripping . . . buoyant." Publishers Weekly
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"Stunningly good. Captures the landscapes with a truly deft, water-colorist's touch. His ear for cadence is extremely acute." Time Out New York
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"Eliot Saxby, the collector of the title and narrator of the book, heads for the Arctic in search of the elusive--and perhaps extinct--great auk.
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" " Richard Eder
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An arctic adventure story fueled by obsession, passion, and gothic influence, is a compulsive literary suspense novel
Synopsis
The year is 1845 and young researcher Eliot Saxby is paid to go on an expedition to the Arctic in the hope of finding remains of the by now extinct Great Auk. He joins a hunting ship, but the crew and the passengers are not what they seem. Caught in the web of relationships on board, Eliot struggles to understand the motivations of the sociopathic Captain Sykes; the silent First Mate, French; the flamboyant laudanum-addicted Bletchley; and most importantly of all, Bletchley's beautiful but strange 'cousin' Clara. As the ship moves further and further into the wilds of the Arctic sea, Eliot clings to what he believes in, desperate to save Clara but drawn irrevocably back into the past that haunts him.
About the Author
Jeremy Page, the author of Salt and Sea Change, works as a script editor and writer for FilmFour and the BBC. He lives in London.