WHITE CONTINENT: A Novel of War in Antarctica
About this ebook
Jaded Parisian expat turned Antarctic pioneer Edouard Roudensky is the narrator, forced to drive his pencil over a damp legal pad at the point of a rifle. But dozens of other sharply-drawn characters populate these pages too. International legal expert Fumiko Kasuhara; whaler and ice-captain Adrian Larsson; tight-fisted oil billionaire Dorothea Lindahl; icy, sardonic mercenary Robert Blakeley. And many others, united under their red, green, and white flag . . . who then, unexpectedly, find they must fight for their new country, against those who want to take it from them.
The geopolitical scene has changed, but the book is prescient in its foreshadowing of today’s conflicting claims and impending resource wars in places like the Arctic and the China Sea. Fans of Poyer’s later books will notice themes he’s still exploring, such as the search for authentic authority, conflicted heroes, and deeply-layered, multidimensional characters who ponder as well as act. The ambition and epic sweep of WHITE CONTINENT, as well as Poyer’s evocation of the horrific grandeur of the most hostile setting on earth, marked the appearance of a blazing new talent. He would go on to craft nearly fifty exciting novels of action, adventure, and history . . . always chronicling the struggles of heroic men and women to achieve, endure, and prevail.
Discover more
About the author
Millions of copies of Dave Poyer's nearly fifty books are in print, including THE MED, THE GULF, THE CIRCLE, THE PASSAGE, TOMAHAWK, CHINA SEA, BLACK STORM, THE COMMAND, THE THREAT, KOREA STRAIT, THE WEAPON, THE CRISIS, THE TOWERS, THE CRUISER, TIPPING POINT, ONSLAUGHT, HUNTER KILLER, DEEP WAR, OVERTHROW, VIOLENT PEACE, ARCTIC SEA, and THE ACADEMY, USA Today best-selling novels of the modern Navy and Marine Corps; and historical fiction set during the Civil War. Also, see his Hemlock County and the Tiller Galloway series of diving adventures, HATTERAS BLUE, BAHAMAS BLUE, LOUISIANA BLUE, DOWN TO A SUNLESS SEA, and YUCATAN BLUE. His work has been translated into Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Hungarian, Serbo-Croatian, and Spanish. Poyer's fiction has been required reading in the U.S. Naval Academy’s Literature of the Sea course, along with that of Conrad and Melville. A founding editor of the New Virginia Review, he's currently a contributing editor of Shipmate Magazine and teaches fiction and memoir at the Ossabaw Writers Retreat.
Website: <www.poyer.com>
Facebook: DavidPoyerBooks
