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William Day should be an acclaimed Arctic explorer. But after a failed expedition, in which his remaining men only survived by eating their dead comrades, he returned in disgrace.

Thirteen years later, his second-in-command, Jesse Stevens, has gone missing in the same frozen waters. Perhaps this is Day’s chance to restore his tarnished reputation by bringing Stevens­­—the man who’s haunted his whole life—back home. But when the rescue mission becomes an uncanny journey into his past, Day must face up to the things he’s done.

Abandonment. Betrayal. Cannibalism.

Aboard ship, Day must also contend with unwanted passengers: a reporter obsessively digging up the truth about the first expedition, as well as Stevens’s wife, a spirit-medium whose séances both fascinate and frighten. Following a trail of cryptic messages, gaunt bodies, and old bones, their search becomes more and more unnerving, as it becomes clear that the restless dead are never far behind. Something is coming through.

through the first part, (before we hit chapter 1)
and wow, what a start

(view spoiler)[ wow, while they are starving in that cave- just awful
but didn't it feel like he set that kid up? So they could eat him?

*shudders* (hide spoiler)]

Through Chapter 1 / 94 pages

lots of "parts" within a chapter but wow are they lengthy! lol

(view spoiler)[ I'm finding this one. . .clunky to read. It doesn't give a lot to parts and yet overly describes other things. its odd so far

so 2 timeframes

the Day from before - when he had to make the call. it seems like they were constantly at death's door. I'm curious what he doesn't want to share with the world about what happened. Is it because he and Stevens seemed like they got close on the ship? That doesn't seem like it would keep him from denying eating their shipmates. . .

and the now - searching for the ship Stevens is on. Stevens sounds a bit. . .concerning. Curious the account he gave and the account hidden under the body didn't match and Valle said Stevens wasn't Day's friend. Did Stevens accuse him? is that why Stevens is on this first crew and not Day?

and I don't think I quite understand the timeframe here. The first dock they went to said the missing ship and crew stopped by but a Year later than expected?! I mean, what? that's a loooong time for them to be missing. I wonder how long it's been total. . . (hide spoiler)]

through Chapter 2 / 176 pages

(view spoiler)[ well. . .we've lost two in their current boat
and they've found 2 left by the boat they are tracking.

Wild, the first one, how he'd aged and how he'd had certain parts. . .removed. I'm not sure they truly understood why. But the 2nd body, showing signs of being eaten - Day is making it sound like it's something that happens on these expeditions often but only he was condemned by it - but why? What was "all the other stuff"?

and is the dirty secret that he, Stevens, and a few others left those in the boat that were sick and didn't come back for them? did they say the boat sunk when really, they'd abandoned it? Did they sink it on purpose?

and the 2 they've lost. The mask sounded awful. Wild that they think he threw himself off the boat. And then the second, Lee, who was causing trouble. It seems like losing your mind was common at sea. . .the knocking and having to plough through ice sounds awful. I can't even imagine this trip!

and wow, I had no idea how scurvy affected people - what the signs were but OMG they sound absolutely awful (hide spoiler)]

through Chapter 3 / 216 pages

(view spoiler)[ it really is hard to figure out what Day really sees and what's in his head.

Is Stevens really dead or are they trailing behind him? I mean, he sees him as younger and he saw himself with him.

But something is definitely tormenting Day but it seems to be the fact he listened to Stevens and didn't stop him in what he was doing - even though others had warned him

Valle is pretty gross though, so it's really hard to side with him.

the orange rolling though - how was that possible? was that Avery or someone else messing with him? (hide spoiler)]

through Chapter 4 / 309

(view spoiler)[ omg this feels like it's dragging on forever

so the boat is haunted but. . .not? so many people can see these things. they are dragging people into the water

and I can't tell, is Day still sick - he sounded like he had pneumonia but now he's on the other boat and doesn't sound sick.

so it sounds like Stevens really was the catalyst for much of what happened. He'd been eating the bodies well beforehand, had eaten them on a previous voyage. He sounds like he's doing it again. But is he still alive?

Valle's death was awful, as was Lee's. (hide spoiler)]

and done

(view spoiler)[ I don't know how I feel about this one
it was dark - for sure
but it felt so fever dream-ish. it was so hard to tell what was real and what wasn't!
are they not saying how Peters ate Avery's face?
and Stevens - is everyone staying quiet about the horrors?

I honestly lost track of who was on the first mission and the second - there were just so many who had large and small parts. I thought Carter died when Day hit him repeatedly with a rock but maybe that was just a dream?

meh. this one was a bit of slog and I didn't love it (hide spoiler)]