All the White Spaces, Ally Wilkes
All the White Spaces, Ally Wilkes
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All the White Spaces

Author: Ally Wilkes

Narrator: Scott Turner Schofield

Unabridged: 14 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/29/2022


Synopsis

A Bram Stoker Award nominee

“Some of the best survival horror we’ve read in years, with a uniquely menacing adversary at its heart.” —Vulture, The Best Horror Novels of 2022
“Epic.” —Esquire, The 22 Best Horror Books of 2022

Something deadly and mysterious stalks the members of an isolated polar expedition in this haunting and spellbinding historical horror novel, perfect for fans of Dan Simmons’s The Terror and Alma Katsu’s The Hunger.

In the wake of the First World War, Jonathan Morgan stows away on an Antarctic expedition, determined to find his rightful place in the world of men. Aboard the expeditionary ship of his hero, the world-famous explorer James “Australis” Randall, Jonathan may live as his true self—and true gender—and have the adventures he has always been denied. But not all is smooth sailing: the war casts its long shadow over them all, and grief, guilt, and mistrust skulk among the explorers.

When disaster strikes in Antarctica’s frozen Weddell Sea, the men must take to the land and overwinter somewhere which immediately seems both eerie and wrong; a place not marked on any of their part-drawn maps of the vast white continent. Now completely isolated, Randall’s expedition has no ability to contact the outside world. And no one is coming to rescue them.

In the freezing darkness of the Polar night, where the aurora creeps across the sky, something terrible has been waiting to lure them out into its deadly landscape…

As the harsh Antarctic winter descends, this supernatural force will prey on their deepest desires and deepest fears to pick them off one by one. It is up to Jonathan to overcome his own ghosts before he and the expedition are utterly destroyed.

About Ally Wilkes

Ally Wilkes, the Bram Stoker Award–nominated author of All the White Spaces and Where the Dead Wait, grew up in a succession of isolated—possibly haunted—country houses and boarding schools. After studying law at Oxford, she went on to spend eleven years as a criminal barrister. Ally now lives in Greenwich, London, with an anatomical human skeleton and far too many books about polar exploration. You can follow Ally on Twitter @UnheimlichManvr or on Instagram @AV_Wilkes.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Debra

I don't know why I am intrigued by books set in the cold, there is a certain thrill and danger to it, I suppose that I enjoy. Being without help, left to your devices, with the sheer painful cold that chills down to your bones. The atmosphere of a cold environment - ice and snow for as far as the ey......more

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Genre: Horror + Historical Fiction All The White Spaces is the story of a transgender main character during World War I. Jonathan Morgan loses two of his brothers during the war. He wants to prove himself as a man who can be as a hero as his brothers were. Along with his friend Harry he de......more

Goodreads review by Tammie

All The White Spaces, a horror/historical fiction book, was a solid 4 star read. The book centers around main character Jonathan Morgan-a young man trying to make his way in the world, especially after his two older brothers are killed in the war. Desperate for adventure and to feel “closer” to his......more

This is a journey. The representation...yes yes yes! The human emotions and experiences being dealt with on top of the eerie suspense of what is happening to the crew of the expedition absolutely keeps you engaged...submerged. One of those books you think about for a while after it ends. Really enjo......more