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  • Location: Macquarie Island (Fictional Shearwater)

Wild Dark Shore

Wild Dark Shore

Why a Booktrail?

2026: A family on a remote island. A mysterious woman washed ashore. A storm gathering force.

  • ISBN: 978-1837265923
  • Genre: Cli-fi, Fiction

What you need to know before your trail

Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny weather-lashed island that is home to the world’s largest seed bank. As Shearwater risks being lost to rising sea levels, the island’s researchers have fled, and only the Salts remain.

Until, during the worst storm in living memory, a stranger washes ashore. The family nurse the woman, Rowan, back to strength, but it seems she isn’t telling the whole truth about why she’s there. And when Rowan stumbles upon sabotaged radios and a recently dug grave, she realises that she’s not the only one on the island with a secret.

Travel Guide

Macquarie Island

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy is set on the fictional “Shearwater Island,” which is apprently based on the real-life Macquarie Island. Located between Tasmania and Antarctica.

Macquarie Island served as research inspiration for the book’s remote, subantarctic environment, as it features similar wildlife, storm patterns and landscapes.

BookTrail Boarding Pass: Wild Dark Shore

Destination/location: Macquarie Island (Fictional Shearwater)  Author/guide:  Charlotte McConaghy  Departure Time: 2026

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