A novel about two young lovers, separated by distance and yet determined to stay together, set against the backdrop of the melting ice-caps of the Antarctic.

Leah and Niall meet by chance on the night bus from Edinburgh to London and fall in love. They agree to give each other space and find themselves separated by a longitudinal parabola that stretches their commitment to breaking point Elleke Boehmers lucid gaze forces the reader to imagine in a more-than-Antarctic light the lacunae of human communication, the relentless otherness of the physical world, and the sheer distance between global north and south. Terence Cave, author ofRecognitionsandLive Artefacts

Light, of all kinds and colours, and the volatile seasonal uncertainty of our world, shapes this warm-blooded love storyand interferes disturbingly with it. A terrific, atmospheric novel that is also a study in thinking and learning how to be a writer. Kirsty Gunn, author ofThe Boy and the SeaandCarolines Bikini