Alone at Concordia
At Concordia, no one can come to get them. Maëlle has just seen a dead colleague again. Deep in Antarctica, the base imposes its routines, its constraints, and a closeness no one can escape. One night, Maëlle Vautrin wakes in a version of the place where Luca Ferri is alive. Everything is familiar enough to believe, different enough to leave her unsure where she stands.
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The station log lay open on the lectern in the common room. Alessio had written in large block letters: WIND 19 KT—OUTING REQUIRES REAPPROVAL. Below the line, Marco had drawn a penguin with an open-end wrench. There were no penguins within a thousand kilometers, but this one wore safety goggles and seemed better equipped than they were.Read the excerpt ↗