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Now an AMC+ original miniseries event starring Colin Farrell and Jack O'Connell! A nineteenth-century whaling ship sets sail for the Arctic with a killer aboard in this dark, sharp, and highly original tale that grips like a thriller One of The New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of the...

An “exhilarating thrill ride of a novel” (The Washington Post) about the lust for gold and its bloody consequences, set in the unforgiving landscape of the sub-Arctic Canadian wilderness, from the acclaimed author of The North Water A ragged fur peddler arrives at a remote outpost of the...

A breathtaking and cinematic novel about the lust for gold and its bloody consequences, set in the unforgiving landscape of the sub-Arctic Canadian wilderness, from the acclaimed author of The North Water ‘Like The North Water, with which it shares much DNA, WhiteRiverCrossing moves at a...

‘Truly terrific' Richard Ford 'Dickens for the twenty-first century' Roddy Doyle 'A powerful, gripping tale' Sunday Times A man hanging on by a thread. A city about to snap. From the acclaimed author of The North Water comes an epic story of revenge and obsession. Manchester, 1867 Two men...

“This is Dickens in the present tense, Dickens for the twenty-first century.”—Roddy Doyle, The New York Times Book Review An Irishman in nineteenth-century England is forced to take sides when his nephew joins the bloody underground movement for independence in this propulsive novel from...

A MAJOR BBC TV SERIES STARRING COLIN FARRELL, JACK O'CONNELL AND STEPHEN GRAHAM A ship sets sail with a killer on board . . . 1859. A man joins a whaling ship bound for the Arctic Circle. Having left the British Army with his reputation in tatters, Patrick Sumner has little option but to accept...

Patrick Sumner, un ancien chirurgien de l'armée britannique traînant une mauvaise réputation, n'a pas de meilleure option que d'embarquer sur le "Volunteer", un baleinier du Yorkshire en route pour les eaux riches du Grand Nord. Mais alors qu'il espère trouver du répit à bord, un garçon de cabine est découvert brutalement assassiné. Pris au piège dans le ventre du navire, Sumner rencontre le mal à l'état pur en la personne d'Henry Drax, un harponneur brutal et sanguinaire.

Life is miserable, and so are these movies.

Manchester, 1867. Im Morgengrauen hängen die Rebellen. Die englische Polizei wirft ihnen vor, die "Fenians", irische Unabhängigkeitskämpfer, zu unterstützen. Eine gefährliche Machtgeste seines Vorgesetzten, findet Constable James O'Connor, der gerade aus Dublin nach Manchester versetzt wurde. Einst hieß es, er sei der klügste Mann der Stadt gewesen. Das war, bevor er seine Frau verlor, bevor er sich dem Whiskey hingab. Mittlerweile rührt er keinen Tropfen mehr an. Doch jetzt sinnen die "Fenians" nach Rache.

'An extraordinary novel. as beautiful and as wrenching as anything I've ever read.' Emily St John Mandel 'This novel is enchanting, but not in some safe, fairytale sense. Charlotte McConaghy has harnessed the rough magic that sears our souls. I recommend The Last Migration with my whole heart.'...