Sun at midnight

Häftad bok. Harper Collins Publisher. 2017. 488 sidor.

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An epic love story and adventure set against the stunning backdrop of Antarctica.

Alice Peel is a geologist. She believes in observation and proof. But now she stands alone on the deck of a rickety Chilean ship as a stark landscape reveals itself. Instead of the familiar measurable world, everything that lies ahead of her is unknown and unpredictable.

Six weeks earlier her life was comfortably unfolding in an Oxford summer. Then, with her relationship suddenly in pieces, she accepted an invitation to join a group working at the end of the earth: Antarctica.

James Rooker is a man on the run. He's been running since his childhood in New Zealand. Now, there is nowhere further to go. He has taken a job working on the same small Antarctic research station.

Alice discovers an ice-blue and silver world, lit by sunlight. Nothing has prepared her for the beauty of it, or the claustrophobia of a tiny base shared with eight men and one other woman. The isolation wipes out everyone's past, and tension crackles in the air. But there is a jolt of recognition between Alice and Rooker that is like nothing she has ever known. And it is in Antartica that she discovers something else that will change her life forever … if she survives.

“[Sun at Midnight] brings the Antarctic to life . . . Thomas lovingly depicts Alice’s journey and the peace and beauty at Kandahar Station, where, nevertheless, the allure of the frozen tundra is complicated by the knowledge that a simple misstep could result in death. Alice’s attraction to Rooker, a secretive member of their expedition, provides another layer of intrigue, especially when disaster looms and he may be the only person who can save her. Illuminating yet quietly revealing, Thomas’s latest is elevated by its unique setting and its strong characterization.”
- Publishers Weekly

“Thomas vividly describes the shivery blue-and-white frozen landscape, the biting cold, and the ever-present danger that means one person’s small mistake could doom the entire team.”
- The Seattle times