About the Book: Beasts of the Sea
"A sprawling, seething epic" Lucy Steeds, winner of the Waterstones Debut
Fiction Prize
"As deep and profound as the sea itself" Philip Hoare
"Almost hypnotically readable" Guardian
"Remarkable" The Times
1741. The crew of Vitus Berings ill-starred Great Northern Expedition are
shipwrecked off a remote, uncharted island. With no hope of rescue, they give in
to despair. Until they discover the flesh of a huge marine mammal that feeds in
herds on the kelp in the bay.
1859. The Russian colony of Alaska is on the brink of collapse. Governor Hampus
Furuhjelm takes solace in the