It's been a long time since I read such a page-turner, and when the genre is climate fiction, that is quite the accomplishment. Wild Dark Shore takes place on fictional Shearwater Island, a remote and wild place place not far from Antarctica. The Salt family has been caretaking the island and a seed vault there for several years. As the sea and weather encroach to reclaim the island, the story of the Salt's and those they encounter spirals into a mystery. There is the woman who washes ashore, there are the missing researchers, and there is grief, joy and pain. Mesmerizing...full of the beauty and wrath of nature, and the humanity that clings alongside.
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