Wild Dark Shore

A Novel

De: Charlotte McConaghy

Narrado por: Cooper Mortlock, Katherine Littrell, Saskia Maarleveld, Steve West

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

Reseñas de la Crítica

“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

Content Review

Genre: Mystery/Suspense, Drama, Nature, Contemporary, Family, LGBT Rating:R(language-f-bombs, violence, and sexuality)

The first 100 pages was gripping and excellent. The second 100 pages of the book dragged on painfully with each page. I was disappointed with the strong language and a couple explicit sex scenes that were cringe worthy.

The storyline was a little too dramatic and it gave me a disgusted feeling at times. Too much happening in ONE book. The author bombarded the reader with a Kristin Hannah Drama, all crammed into the last 60 pages.

I would have enjoyed the book more had the heterosexual sex scene been closed door, the author removed at least 50 pages of BLA, and she cut at least three dramatic focal points. Too many in one book. Steve West's voice was the only reason I made it to the end. Thank God for dreamy audio readers(side note: The Scorpio Races is another book he reads and it's EXCELLENT).

If you like excessive drama with all the characters in the storyline, then you will like this book. If you like Kristin Hannah, then you will probably love this book.


Trigger Warnings:
Suicide
Pregnancy
Adult/minor relationship(inappropriate)
Animal Mass Killings(seals)

Many kinds of love!!!

The characters, the Island and the story were unique and incredible. The characters grew throughout the story till the ending. I learned many facts.

DARK, GORGEOUS, COMPELLING

Gripping story, beautiful prose, deep complicated relationships, nature is a powerful character. Risk and tension risk and tension. Stunning book. I listen, the audio is divine.

Beautiful, sad, haunting

Beyond the mystery at it’s heart, this stunning novel is an examination of the enduring nature of love, and the compulsion to save what is precious to us. And the extraordinary setting is a character all its own. Bravo!

A beautiful but heartbreaking story set in an unusual location. I appreciated the narration by the authors as well.

wow

this was an amazing book. it made me feel all the emotions and really kept me wanting to finish it while at the same time not wanting it to end.

drawn in completely

New type of fiction with the ability to make you feel a part of every character

Hauntingly Beautiful Story

The best book I’ve heard in quite a while. Believable deep characters and the history and wildlife really made this book a treat.

Beautiful, entertaining, moving.

I have chills as I’m finishing this book, wow. I fell in love with the story and characters. Excellent narration, too.

Loved this!

Absolutely loved this story. Perfectly mysterious and the plot pulls you in throughout the whole book. I don’t know how the author has you fall in love with all of the characters but that was impressive!