Our last book of the month for 2021, and our first look at some of 2022’s releases! Today, we present to you Ally Wilkes‘ upcoming historical horror novel All the White Spaces. I (Charlotte) am very excited about this one, so I’m hoping that this post will make you so too!
Related: Don’t forget all releases can be found in our monthly lists here.
All the White Spaces
Ally Wilkes
Rep: trans mc
Release date: 25th January 2022 (UK; 22nd March—US)
In the wake of the First World War, Jonathan Morgan stows away on an Antarctic expedition, determined to find his rightful place in the world of men. Aboard the expeditionary ship of his hero, the world-famous explorer James “Australis” Randall, Jonathan may live as his true self—and true gender—and have the adventures he has always been denied. But not all is smooth sailing: the war casts its long shadow over them all, and grief, guilt, and mistrust skulk among the explorers.
When disaster strikes in Antarctica’s frozen Weddell Sea, the men must take to the land and overwinter somewhere which immediately seems both eerie and wrong; a place not marked on any of their part-drawn maps of the vast white continent. Now completely isolated, Randall’s expedition has no ability to contact the outside world. And no one is coming to rescue them.
In the freezing darkness of the Polar night, where the aurora creeps across the sky, something terrible has been waiting to lure them out into its deadly landscape…
As the harsh Antarctic winter descends, this supernatural force will prey on their deepest desires and deepest fears to pick them off one by one. It is up to Jonathan to overcome his own ghosts before he and the expedition are utterly destroyed.
You might like this if…
…you want to read more horror.
…you want a historical novel featuring a trans main character.
…you want an atmospheric read, one that transports you to its setting.
