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[theterrorbookclub]

Book Four: A Land So Wild by Elyssa Warkentin  

"In 1845, the HMS Vanguard, under the command of Captain William Caulderson, departed England on a voyage of discovery to find a Northwest Passage through the perilous arctic waters separating the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It was never heard from again. Five years later, Captain David Maxwell of the Serapis sets sail to attempt to recover the Vanguard and determine the fate of his former commander."

Now that we’re beginning our reading period of James Fitzjames’s biography, it’s time to announce our next book! For our fourth installment of The Terror Book Club, we’ll be diving into this awesome LGBTQ historical romance novel, which focuses on a rescue mission for a fictional lost arctic expedition. And if that wasn’t awesome enough, it’s written in epistolary form. 

The reading period for A Land So Wild will begin on May 1st, and last until May 22nd. As before, you can participate in the book club on tumblr by reblogging/replying to the posts on this blog, posting with the tag #theterrorbookclub (no spaces), or tagging us with @theterrorbookclub. If you’ve posted something and we haven’t reblogged it, please let us know! We also have a discord; message us for the link.

[aconissa]

David, I was wrong about writing our own story. We are not writing at all, but rather learning to read it in the darkness

A Land So Wild by Elyssa Warkentin

[whalersandsailors]

"All was touching. All. The very air was our touching. And we were one.”

Wenn es so sein soll dass wir hier sterben, so werden wir zumindest dies gehabt haben.

Elyssa Warkentin, A Land So Wild, p. 267-268

[carnationbooks]

Elyssa Warkentin to launch her novel A Land So Wild

“The climax moved me more than anything has in a while. The evocation of love spreading its roots under the surface of taciturn Victorian masculinity, cracking stigma with its survival force, is really beautiful.” - Penny Armstrong

If you live in Winnipeg, please click the link above! McNally Robinson Booksellers is hosting a launch event with Elyssa Warkentin (@doctornerdington) in celebration of her novel, A Land So Wild, TOMORROW, November 29, at 7pm! 

[lotrmusical]

david maxwell's two moods

[theterrorbookclub]

A Land So Wild: Discussion 1

Hey folks, we’re trying out a couple different discussion formats and this time around we’re going to do a few questions at regular intervals throughout the reading period rather than a bunch at the end. 

Feel free to respond to any or all of these questions in a reblog, a reply, or a separate post (make sure to tag us!). 

What are your expectations of the book?

What do you think of epistolary storytelling? 

How do you like the beginning?

[iwasthesouthernpansy]

The weirdest thing is when you are trying to find an indie book and it’s been completely wiped from existence. Not even an ebook to be found. Which can mean a bigger publisher picked it up or something terrible happened. Anyway — an m/m love story during an Arctic expedition to find the Northwest passage sounded right up my alley.

[13434052]

Elyssa Warkentin, A Land So Wild.