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Author/Guide: Chloe Benjamin

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2026: What if tomorrow was already written, but yesterday was yours to change?

ISBN: 978-1035437382
Genre: Cli-fi, Fiction

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What you need to know before your trail

At an isolated research station in Antarctica, biologist Laurel Salter washes dishes for a living ten hours a day, six days a week. She tells no one why she left her career, or why her marriage ended.

But even in this remote outpost, Laurel can’t outrun her past. When a strange light appears across the ice and draws a group of physicists to McMurdo, her former husband, Eli, won’t be far behind.

Laurel is captivated by the Arc: its surreal glow; the way it seems almost alive. And though Eli is reluctant to test her wildest theory, Laurel is convinced that the Arc leads down a rabbit hole, and into a world they can barely imagine. Can she persuade him to risk everything to fix the burden that hangs between them – to turn back the clock and live their story a second time?

And this time, live it differently.

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Antarctica

McMurdo Station: This is described in the book as a remote outpost at the “end of the earth” where Laurel works ten hours a day, six days a week.

This is where she sees ‘ the arc’ – Chloe Benjamin has apparently said that she was inspired by a real experiment in Antarctica that produced strange results…..

While largely based in Antarctica, the novel also takes place in Wisconsin and California but this is to a much lesser extent.