The Cold Edge of Heaven: A Story of Love and Murder in Canada's Arctic - Couverture souple

Fraser, Whit

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1989417450 ISBN 13 : 9781989417454

Editeur : Boulder Books, 2022

Synopsis

Abandoned at a desolate Arctic outpost and haunted by memories of forbidden desire, Constable Will Grant preserves his sanity by investigating the mysterious deaths of two troubled Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers. Set in 1924 at a desolate police outpost on Devon Island in Canada’s far north, this is a story of murder, mystery, and love―intensified by a clash of cultures between Inuit guides and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers who live and work alongside them. Will Grant is one of three constables who, along with their guides and families, are dropped on the windy gravel beach of Dundas Harbour. But no amount of training―not even the horrors of the First World War―would prepare the officers for ice-locked isolation and physical threats from ocean storms, blizzards, avalanches, months of darkness, and marauding polar bears. The mental and emotional strain are exacerbated by two mysterious, violent deaths. When the Inuit abandon the outpost, Grant realizes that his values and beliefs have changed in ways he could not have imagined. Although alone and crushed by the inexplicable murders, Grant has learned much about the Arctic through Naudla, wife of one of the guides―and his secret lover. Through her, he discovers the magnificent beauty of the land and ice-covered ocean. This is not a frozen hell, but rather the cold edge of heaven. Cold Edge of Heaven is a historical fiction adventure set in the Canadian Arctic at the now-abandoned Royal Canadian Mounted Police outpost of Dundas Harbour. Stations such as these were central to Canada asserting its sovereignty over the vast far north, with the Mounties serving as "human flagpoles".

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Whit Fraser was inspired to write Cold Edge of Heaven after visiting an abandoned Royal Canadian Mounted Police detachment at Dundas Harbour on Devon Island, which includes three hilltop graves.

Fraser is a journalist, author, and vice-regal consort of Canadian Governor General Mary Simon. He is winner of the 2019 NorthWords Book Prize for True North Rising, is a memoir of his work in Arctic communities.

He was chair of the Canadian Polar Commission and was executive director of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, the national Inuit organization.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Boulder Books
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1989417450
• ISBN 13: 9781989417454
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 250
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• Personne responsable: non disponible