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Cold edge of heaven : a story of love and murder in Canada's Arctic
Record details
- ISBN: 9781989417454 (paperback)
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Physical Description:
304 pages ; 23 cm
regular print - Publisher: Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, Newfoundland and Labrador : Boulder Books, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
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Badges:
- Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 2 / 5.0
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Devon Island (Nunavut) -- Fiction Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction |
| Genre: | Mystery fiction. Historical fiction. |
Available copies
- 9 of 9 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tumbler Ridge Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 9 total copies.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Tumbler Ridge Public Library | AF FRASE (Text) | TRL34245 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"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.""-- - Firefly Books Ltd
The Cold Edge of Heaven is a historical fictional adventure set in the Canadian High Arctic in the 1920's and based on Canada's determination to assert sovereignty over the vast area.
In 1924, three constables, along with three Inuit guides and two small children were dropped on the windy gravel beach called Dundas Harbor. No amount of training could prepare them for years of hell frozen over, ice-locked isolation and unimagined physical challenges. Remarkably, the mental and emotional strains became even greater challenges.
Mountie Will Grant is the only survivor. His comrades both die violently and mysteriously. Will realizes that his values and beliefs have changed in ways he couldn't have imagined. Alone and further crushed by the inexplicable deaths of his comrades, Will confronts his cold, dark, isolated frozen hell. With his spiritual beliefs conflicted and diminishing, he fights for months on end to maintain his sanity.
Overriding his depression, isolation and constant danger, is the nagging question: does anyone know where he is? Did the Captain who dropped them here even make it back south or is the Dundas Devon Detachment just another lost Arctic Expedition?
