Courage, betrayal, an impossible journey. Dow’s quest continues in this second adventure set upon the seas of a strange and compelling world. From award-winning author Andrew McGahan.
Dow Amber has set sail at last upon the battleship Chloe, but can an outsider and an enemy ever truly belong in the Ship Kings’ world?
All too soon, Dow finds himself entangled in rebellion and treachery, and embarked upon a desperate voyage to the frozen north that will decide the future of the very empire. In the icy wastes Dow must take his fate in hand. Is he truly destined to be a mariner? Is the mysterious scapegoat girl Ignella a friend or a foe? And where will they each stand, when the long peace of the Four Isles threatens to shatter forever?
The Voyage of the Unquiet Ice is the second adventure in Andrew McGahan’s epic Ship Kings series.
The Coming of the Whirlpool, book one in the Ship Kings series, was shortlisted for an Indie Award, an ABIA, an Aurealis Award, a Golden Inky and a 2012 CBC award. The Voyage of the Unquiet Ice was Highly Commended in the 2012 Fellowship of Australian Writers National Literary Awards — Christina Stead Award, a 2013 CBC Notable Book and shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Awards.