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Wild Dark Shore

A Novel

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Wild Dark Shore

By: Charlotte McConaghy
Narrated by: Cooper Mortlock, Katherine Littrell, Saskia Maarleveld, Steve West
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This program features multicast narration.

An ENTHRALLING new novel from the
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING author of Migrations and Once There Were Wolves

"The ensemble narration brings this intense story to life.” — AudioFile

"A WILDLY TALENTED writer." ―Emily St. John Mandel

A family on a remote island. A mysterious woman washed ashore. A rising storm on the horizon.

Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny island not far from Antarctica. Home to the world’s largest seed bank, Shearwater was once full of researchers, but with sea levels rising, the Salts are now its final inhabitants. Until, during the worst storm the island has ever seen, a woman mysteriously washes ashore.

Isolation has taken its toll on the Salts, but as they nurse the woman, Rowan, back to strength, it begins to feel like she might just be what they need. Rowan, long accustomed to protecting herself, starts imagining a future where she could belong to someone again.

But Rowan isn’t telling the whole truth about why she set out for Shearwater. And when she discovers sabotaged radios and a freshly dug grave, she realizes Dominic is keeping his own secrets. As the storms on Shearwater gather force, they all must decide if they can trust each other enough to protect the precious seeds in their care before it’s too late—and if they can finally put the tragedies of the past behind them to create something new, together.

A novel of breathtaking twists, dizzying beauty, and ferocious love, Wild Dark Shore is about the impossible choices we make to protect the people we love, even as the world around us disappears.

A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books.

©2025 Charlotte McConaghy (P)2025 Macmillan Audio
Editors Select Family Life Genre Fiction Psychological Island Heartfelt
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Critic reviews

“Urgent…McConaghy ratchets up the tension as the characters’ paranoia and mutual suspicion increases and their motives are revealed…McConaghy blends entertainment with a sobering message about conservation and the impacts of geographic isolation.”Publishers Weekly

Editorial Review

Sub-Antarctic noir meets a love letter to the natural world
Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of a remote island near Antarctica, home to the Shearwater research base and the world’s largest seed bank. Rising seas have been threatening the island, so the family must prepare to evacuate. When a woman named Rowan washes up on shore, the Salts take her in and nurse her back to health. As Rowan recovers, she gets to know the family: Raff, Dominic’s oldest son, is doing his best to channel his grief and rage from tragic heartbreak; Fen, his 17-year-old sister, is such a water creature that she lives among the seals; and Orly, the youngest boy, is consumed with love for the natural world. The storytelling moves through each character’s perspective, voiced by a stellar cast of narrators: Cooper Mortlock, Katherine Littrell, Saskia Maarleveld, and Steve West. It’s an immersive, moody listen that left me in tears in the best way possible. —Tricia F., Audible Editor

Captivating Mystery • Beautiful Characterizations • Outstanding Ensemble Cast • Emotional Storytelling • Unexpected Twists
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Best audiobook I’ve listened to in a long time. I truly couldn’t shut it off. The imagery, the storyline, the twists and turns, I finished the audio book within a week.

Really encapsulating and wonderful

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I loved every word, person, plant and animal in this book. thank you so much for writing it.

absolutely fabulous book

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I loved the story but I thought the narration was odd because there was not a voice actor for Raff but there was for all the other main characters.

Great story but what about the narration?

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Intelligent. Romantic. Heartwrenching. The writing style and the outstanding narration are a perfect blend. Together they create a painting with words. Based on real science that is affecting us this very minute, McConaghy has woven the lives of heroes into the lives of all living things.

Outstanding!

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I am screaming. I am gutted. I am a puddle. I am in absolute awe of this incredible book.

The brand new novel called Wild Dark Shore is at the tiptop of my book recommendations from now until forever. The writing, this incredible moving writing, is leaving me breathless.

The novel takes place on the windswept, almost abandoned and wild landscape of an island near Antarctica. Where a family lives trying to save something so precious to the world and humanity. When a woman washes up on their shores the sanity they are all trying to hold together starts to come apart.

Secrets are being held deep inside. The winds are talking back. And the sea is rising and fighting. And your heart will be tested and pulled into pieces. This book is pure magic. I will forever remember the first time I read it and I urge you to be swept away by its wildness

INCREDIBLE!!!

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The story had beautiful plots and twists, and was easy to imagine being right there on the island. I love this book.

Wild and beautiful story

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This book is one of the best novels so far this year and the narration is by far the best of this year and last.

Balanced, intriguing, cautionary, lovely altogether.

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What a beautiful and haunting story. The author is a new favorite! And the narrators were perfect!!!!

Gorgeous in every way!

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Loved the narration, the story line was definitely interesting and the descriptions of the island were vivid.

Love the narration

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Narrators had a very strong Australian accent. I Had to slow down my speed from my normal narration speed. Great book!!

Intense

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